Holothuria saecularis Bell, 1887

Massin, Claude, Uthicke, Sven, Purcell, Steven W., Rowe, Frank W. E. & Samyn, Yves, 2009, Taxonomy of the heavily exploited Indo-Pacific sandfish complex (Echinodermata: Holothuriidae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 155 (1), pp. 40-59 : 54

Holothuria saecularis Bell, 1887

Type data: Two syntypes, NHM 1866.4.13.5 with type locality Angola; largest specimen (150 mm long, NHM 1866.4.13.5a) here designated lectotype; paralectotype with collection number NHM 1866.4.13.5b .

Taxonomic description: Cf. Bell, 1887b: 534, pl. XLV, fig. 6.

Examination of the gross morphology and the ossicle assemblage leaves no doubt that this name should be put in the synonymy of H. scabra . The type locality ( Angola, West Africa) is, however, very problematic as this implies that H. scabra is also present in the Atlantic Ocean. We can only conclude that this is an error of Bell.

Remarks: Bell (1887b) stated that no tables were to be found; our (re-)examination, however, did reveal tables, in size and shape identical to those of H. scabra .