Holothuria (Rowethuria) arguinensis Koehler & Vaney, 1906b

Madeira, Patrícia, Kroh, Andreas, Cordeiro, Ricardo, De, António M., Martins, Frias & Ávila, Sérgio P., 2019, The Echinoderm Fauna of the Azores (NE Atlantic Ocean), Zootaxa 4639 (1), pp. 1-231 : 176

Erroneous— Holothuria (Rowethuria) arguinensis Koehler & Vaney, 1906b

Reports for the Azores:

Holothuria arguinensis Koehler & Vaney, 1906 b—Rowe 1969: 149, 150;

Holothuria (Lessonothuria) arguinensis Koehler & Vaney, 1906 b—Pérez-Ruzafa et al. 1992b: 152–153.

Type locality: Mauritania .

See: Koehler & Vaney (1906b: 62–65 pl. 5, figs. 5–13, pl. 6, figs. 14–21); Massin (1993: 399, fig. 1); González- Wang ̹emert & Borrero-Pérez (2012); Domínguez-Godino et al. (2015).

Occurrence: East Atlantic, from Portuguese and Morocco coasts to the North of Senegal and Canaries ( Massin 1993, Borrero-Pérez et al. 2010); reported elsewhere in the north of the Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea; González- Wang ̹emert & Borrero-Pérez 2012).

Depth: 0– 52 m ( Pérez-Ruzafa et al. 1992 b, Massin 1993).

Habitat: hard to soft substrates, macroalgal beds and seagrass meadows, tide pools ( Pérez-Ruzafa et al. 1992b).

Larval stage: planktotrophic, with a late non-feeding doliolaria stage (c. 18 days at 27–28°C; Domínguez- Godino et al. 2015).

Commercial value: edible ( Domínguez-Godino et al. 2015).

Remarks: in a review of the family Holothuriidae, Rowe (1969) listed the Azores under the geographical distribution of this species. We could not trace the original record and thus consider Rowe’s statement as a mistake.