Ostracotheres holothuriensis ( Baker , 1907 )

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Ostracotheres holothuriensis ( Baker, 1907)

Pinnoteres holothuriensis Baker, 1907: 177 , 178, pl. 23: fig 3 [type locality: St. Vincent’s Gulf, South Australia].

Pinnoteres obesa . — Fulton & Grant, 1906: 18. [Not P. obesa Dana, 1852 ].

Pinnotheres obesus . — Schmitt et al., 1973: 60. — Davie, 2002: 433 –434. [Not P. o b e s a Dana, 1852].

Ostracotheres (?) (‘ Pinnotheres ’) holothuriensis . — Tesch, 1918: 287.

Pinnotheres holothuriensis . — Hale, 1927b: 174, fig. 175. — Schmitt et al., 1973: 49 –50. — Davie, 2002: 433.

Ostracotheres holothuriensis . — Pregenzer, 1988: 21 –28, figs. 10–16,12a, 17–19.

Material. VIC: AM G5724, 1 male (cw 5.2 mm, cl 5.5 mm), Shoreham, dredged, F. Grant, 1900. TAS: AM P2968, 1 male (cw 4.5 mm, cl 4.5 mm), Hobart, C. Harrison; AM P4047, 1 female (cw 12.6 mm, cl 13.6 mm), E of Schouten Id., 73–92 m, C. Harrison, 1910.

Australian hosts. Holothurians, ascidians ( Baker 1907). Ascidian Herdmania momus (Savigny, 1816) ( Pregenzer 1988) .

Remarks. The single primary record of Pinnotheres obesus Dana, 1852 from Australia by Fulton & Grant (1906) from Shoreham, Victoria, is based on Ostracotheres holothuriensis (AM G5724). Subsequent published listings of P. o b e s u s from Australia (i.e. Schmitt et al. 1973, Davie 2002) are based on Fulton & Grant (1906).

Distribution. South Australia and New South Wales ( Pregenzer 1988); now from Victoria and Tasmania.