DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15154406
title: TABLE 1 in Actinopyga spinea Cherbonnier, 1980 (Holothuroidea: Holothuriida: Holothuriidae), new addition to the holothuroid fauna of Pakistan

description: TABLE 1. List of species currently known from Pakistan
OrderFamilySpeciesRecordsHabitatActual localityDENDROCHIROTIDAHemithyone semperiClark &not mentionedWest coast ofGrube, 1840Thyonidae Panning, 1949(Bell, 1884).Rowe (1971)Pakistan, specific location not mentionedStolus conjungens (Semper, 1867)Clark & Rowe (1971)not mentionedWest coast of Pakistan, specific location not mentioned.Stolus buccalis (Stimpson, 1855)Haque (1969)attached to rockBuleji, Karachi coastThyone dura (Koehler &Vaney, 1908)Clark & Rowe (1971)not mentionedWest coast of Pakistan, specific location not mentionedThyonina rasidae Thandar, 2017Thandar (2017)unknownKarachi coastCladolabidae Heding & Panning, 1954Afrocucumis africana (Semper, 1867)Shaikh et al. (2023)in rock crevices but hardly attached to rocks.Gariyan Beach, Jiwani, Makran coast, BalochistanCladolabes aciculus (Semper, 1867)Clark and Rowe (1971)not mentionedWest coast of Pakistan, specific location not mentioned.Ohshimella ehrenbergii (Selenka, 1868)Clark & Rowe (1971)not mentionedWest coast of Pakistan, specific location not mentionedCucumariidae Ludwig, 1894Aslia forbesi (Bell, 1886)Clark &Rowe (1971)not mentionedWest coast of PakistanStaurothyone rosacea (Semper, 1869)Haque (1969)attached to rocksBuleji, Karachi coastHOLOTHURIIDAHolothuriidae Burmeister, 1837Holothuria (Mertensiothuria)Clark & Rowe (1971)not mentionedWest coast of Pakistan, specificMiller, Kerr, Paulay, Reich, Wilson,leucospilota (Brandt, 1835)location not mentioned(Carvajal & Rouse, 2017)Holothuria (Lessonothuria) pardalis Selenka, 1867Clark & Rowe (1971)not mentionedWest coast of Pakistan, specific location not mentionedHolothuria (Thymiosycia) arenicola Semper, 1868Tahera & Tirmizi (1995)buried in subtidal sandbeneath rockSunari Beach, Karachi coastHolothuria (Platyperona) difficilis Semper, 1868Tahera, & Kazmi (1995)attached to green seaweed, rocky shoreBuleji, Karachi coast.Holothuria (Halodeima) atra Jaeger, 1833Tahera, & Kazmi (2005)shallow water with sandy bottomBuleji, Karachi coastHolothuria (Semperothuria) cinerascensAhmed, Q. et al. (2016)in rock crevices in intertidal zoneSunehri Beach, Karachi coast(Brandt, 1835)Holothuria (Lessonothuria) verrucosa Selenka, 1867Ahmed, Q. et al. (2016)in rock crevices in intertidal zoneSunehri Beach, Karachi coastHolothuria(Lesso nothuria) insignis Ludwig, 1875Ahmed, Q. et al. (2020)under boulders or in sand in shallow waters.Buleji, Karachi coast.Holothuria (Lessonothuria) lineata Ludwig, 1875Ahmed, Q. et al. (2020)attached to algae and seaweeds and covered with fine sand.Buleji, Karachi coast.Holothuria (Theelothuria) hamataMoazzam & Moazzam (2020)found on sandy or muddy bottoms.not mentionedActinopyga mauritiana (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)Clark & Rowe (1971)not mentionedWest coast of Pakistan, specific location not mentionedActinopyga spinea Cherbonnier, 1980This studyUnder rock at Gariyan Beach; covered with sand at Bandari Beach.Gariyan Beach and Bandari Beach, Makran coast.SYNALLACTIDA Miller, Kerr, Paulay, Reich, Wilson, Carvajal & Rouse, 2017Stichopodidae Haeckel, 1896Stichopus herrmanni (Semper, 1868)Moazzam & Moazzam (2020)not mentioned.Churna Island, near Balochistan coastAPODIDA Brandt, 1835Synaptidae Burmeister, 1837Leptosynapta inhaerens (O.F. Müller, 1776).Haque (1969)muddy sandy shore of Buleji.Buleji, Karachi coastSynaptula recta (Semper, 1867)Tahera (1997)not mentionednot mentioned
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description: Published as part of Ali, Qadeer Mohammad, Shaikh, Iqra, Thandar, Ahmed & Ahmed, Quratulan, 2024, Actinopyga spinea Cherbonnier, 1980 (Holothuroidea: Holothuriida: Holothuriidae), new addition to the holothuroid fauna of Pakistan, pp. 152-154 in Zootaxa 5432 (2) on page 152, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5432.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10898586