FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes Western

1166 Holothurians
11a. Tables with wavy disc, bearing a small spire ending in small spines, giving the table a
tack-like shape, with a large central hole surrounded by peripheral holes variable in
number; presence of buttons, pseudo-buttons, and small irregular C-, S-, or O-shaped
spicules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Holothuria (Stichothuria)
11b. Tables well developed, with smooth disc, spire ending in a cluster of small spines, never
giving the table a tack-like shape; presence of buttons with irregular knobs . . Holothuria (Metriatyla)
12a. Calcified anal papillae absent; collar of papillae around base of tentacles present or
absent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . → 13
12b. Calcified anal papillae present; no collar of papillae around base of tentacles; body wall
very thick and rigid; tables with wavy disc, bearing a low and massive spire ending in a
very spinose crown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Holothuria (Microthele)
13a. Collar of papillae around base of tentacles; anal teeth present or absent; tables with
notched disc and a low to moderate spire, ending in a cluster of very small, or numerous
spines; a fringe of rather large papillae between bivium and trivium . . . Holothuria (Theelothuria)
13b. No collar of papillae around base of tentacles; anal teeth absent; tables with knobby
disc and low spire, ending in a cluster of spines; buttons knobby, occasionally modified
to fenestrated ellipsoids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Holothuria (Cystipus)
List of species of interest to fisheries occurring in the area
The symbol is given when species accounts are included.
Actinopyga echinites (Jaeger, 1833)
Actinopyga mauritiana (Quoy and Gaimard, 1833)
Actinopyga miliaris (Quoy and Gaimard, 1833)
Actinopyga palauensis Panning, 1944
Actinopyga spinea Cherbonnier, 1980
Bohadschia argus Jaeger, 1833
Bohadschia similis (Semper,1868)
Bohadschia vitiensis (Semper, 1868)
Holothuria (Acanthotrapeza) coluber Semper, 1868
Holothuria (Halodeima) atra Jaeger, 1833
Holothuria (Halodeima) edulis Lesson, 1830
Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) leucospilota (Brandt, 1835)
Holothuria (Metriatyla) scabra Jaeger, 1833 [including H. (M.) scabra var. versicolor (Conand, 1986)]
Holothuria (Microthele) fuscogilva Cherbonnier, 1980
Holothuria (Microthele) fuscopunctata Jaeger, 1833
Holothuria (Microthele) nobilis (Selenka, 1867)
Pearsonothuria graeffei (Semper, 1868)
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