Holothuria (Halodeima) atra Jäger

Sastry, D. R. K., Marimuthu, N. & Rajan, Rajkumar, 2019, Echinodermata of Lakshadweep, Arabian Sea with the description of a new genus and a species, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 119 (4) : -

Holothuria (Halodeima) atra Jäger

(Pl. XII. Fig. c)

1833. Holothuria atra Jäger, G.F. De Holothuris , p. 22

1971. Holothuria (Halodeima) atra : Clark, A.M. and Rowe, F.W.E. Monograph of shallow-water Indo-West Pacific echinoderms,

p. 176-177 (Distribution)

1991. Holothuria (Halodeima) atra : Mukhopadhyay, S.K. State Fauna Series 2: Fauna of Lakshadweep. p. 408.

2007. Holothuria (Halodeima) atra : Sastry, D.R.K. Rec. zool. Surv. India. Occ. Paper No. 271: 220.

Material: Photographs taken at Agatti,Amini, Bangaram,

Kadamat, Kavaratti

Distribution: Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Tamil Nadu, Andamans and Nicobars. Elsewhere: Red Sea, Persian Gulf and East coast of Africa to Hwaiian Islands.