Register of Antarctic Species (RAS) - Molpadia Cuvier, 1817

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Molpadia Cuvier, 1817

Molpadia

AphiaID

123540 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123540)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Molpadia holothurioides Cuvier, 1817 (type by monotypy)

Type taxon of

Molpadiidae J. Müller, 1850

Parent

Molpadiidae J. Müller, 1850

Synonymised names

Ankyroderma Ludwig, 1890, non Danielssen & Koren, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)

Ankyroderma Danielssen & Koren, 1881 · unaccepted

Embolus Selenka, 1867 · unaccepted

Eumolpadia Heding, 1935 · unaccepted

Haplodactyla Grube, 1840 · unaccepted

Molpadia Risso, 1826 · unaccepted

Paramolpadia Heding, 1935 · unaccepted

Paratrochostoma Heding, 1935 · unaccepted (synonym)

Pseudomolpadia Heding, 1931 · unaccepted

Trochostoma Danielssen & Koren, 1879 · unaccepted

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Subgenus Molpadia (Paramolpadia) Heding, 1935
1. Species Molpadia (Paramolpadia) diploa Heding, 1935 accepted as Molpadia diploa Heding, 1935 (synonym)
2. Species Molpadia (Paramolpadia) capensis Heding, 1935 represented as Molpadia capensis Heding, 1935
Species Molpadia abyssicola Pawson, 1977
Species Molpadia acuta (Koehler & Vaney, 1905)
Species Molpadia africana (Ludwig in Ludwig & Heding, 1935)
Species Molpadia agassizii (Théel, 1886)
Species Molpadia amorpha H.L. Clark, 1908
Species Molpadia andamanensis (Walsh, 1891)
Species Molpadia angulata (Hérouard, 1923)
Species Molpadia antarctica (Théel, 1886)
Species Molpadia arctica (Marenzeller von, 1877)
Species Molpadia barbouri Deichmann, 1940
Species Molpadia blakei (Théel, 1886)
Species Molpadia borealis Sars M, 1859
Species Molpadia brevicaudata (Koehler & Vaney, 1905)
Species Molpadia capensis Heding, 1935
Species Molpadia changi Pawson & Liao, 1992
Species Molpadia clarki Ohshima, 1915
Species Molpadia concolor (Koehler & Vaney, 1905)
Species Molpadia contorta (Koehler & Vaney, 1905)
Species Molpadia cubana Deichmann, 1940
Species Molpadia diomediae (Mitsukuri, 1912)
Species Molpadia diploa Heding, 1935
Species Molpadia discors Pawson, 1977
Species Molpadia dispar (Sluiter, 1901)
Species Molpadia dissimilis Clark, 1909
Species Molpadia ecalcarea (Koehler & Vaney, 1905)
Species Molpadia elongata (Koehler & Vaney, 1905)
Species Molpadia eltaninae Pawson, 1977
Species Molpadia gephyra Sluiter, 1914
Species Molpadia granulata (Ludwig, 1893)
Species Molpadia guangdongensis Pawson & Liao, 1992
Species Molpadia hirta (Ludwig in Ludwig & Heding, 1935)
Species Molpadia hispida Ludwig in Ludwig & Heding, 1935
Species Molpadia holothurioides Cuvier, 1817
Species Molpadia infesta Ohshima, 1915
Species Molpadia inflata (Augustin, 1908)
Species Molpadia intermedia (Ludwig, 1893)
Species Molpadia lenticula (Cherbonnier & Féral, 1981)
Species Molpadia liska Pawson, 1977
Species Molpadia magdae O'Loughlin in O'Loughlin, Stępień, Kuźniak & VandenSpiegel, 2013
Species Molpadia maroccana (R. Perrier, 1898)
Species Molpadia millardae Thandar, 1999
Species Molpadia musculus Risso, 1826
Species Molpadia niasica (Ludwig in Ludwig & Heding, 1935)
Species Molpadia oolitica (Pourtalès, 1851)
Species Molpadia orientalis (Savel'eva, 1933)
Species Molpadia parva (Théel, 1886)
Species Molpadia parvacauda (Cherbonnier, 1964)
Species Molpadia parvulum (Cherbonnier & Féral, 1981)
Species Molpadia paupera (Koehler & Vaney, 1905)
Species Molpadia perforata (Sluiter, 1901)
Species Molpadia polymorpha (Koehler & Vaney, 1905)
Species Molpadia roretzii (von Marenzeller, 1877)
Species Molpadia rosacea Clark, 1908
Species Molpadia scabra (Sluiter, 1901)
Species Molpadia spinosa (Ludwig, 1893)
Species Molpadia thandari Samyn & Vandenspiegel, 2016
Species Molpadia triforia (Cherbonnier, 1964)
Species Molpadia turgida Verrill, 1879
Species Molpadia undulata (Koehler & Vaney, 1905)
Species Molpadia violacea Studer, 1876
Species Molpadia agassizi (Théel, 1886) accepted as Molpadia agassizii (Théel, 1886)
Species Molpadia albicans Auctt. accepted as Hedingia albicans (Théel, 1886) Deichmann, 1938 (synonym)
Species Molpadia altimensis Clark, 1938 accepted as Molpadia scabra (Sluiter, 1901)
Species Molpadia arenicola (Stimpson, 1857) accepted as Caudina arenicola (Stimpson, 1857)
Species Molpadia australis Semper, 1868 accepted as Paracaudina australis (Semper, 1868)
Species Molpadia bathybia Clark, 1920 accepted as Molpadia granulata (Ludwig, 1893)
Species Molpadia chilensis J. Müller, 1850 accepted as Paracaudina chilensis (J. Müller, 1850)
Species Molpadia chinensis Chang, 1934 accepted as Molpadia roretzii (von Marenzeller, 1877)
Species Molpadia coriacea Hutton, 1872 accepted as Caudina coriacea (Hutton, 1872) accepted as Paracaudina coriacea (Hutton, 1872)
Species Molpadia danielsseni Théel, 1886 accepted as Molpadia musculus Risso, 1826
Species Molpadia demissa Sluiter, 1901 accepted as Acaudina demissa (Sluiter, 1901)
Species Molpadia dendyi Benham, 1909 accepted as Heteromolpadia marenzelleri (Théel, 1886)
Species Molpadia jeffreysi (Danielssen & Koren, 1881) accepted as Molpadia borealis Sars M, 1859
Species Molpadia loricata (R. Perrier, 1898) accepted as Molpadia musculus Risso, 1826
Species Molpadia oolitica Mortensen, 1914 non Pourtalès, 1851 accepted as Molpadia borealis Sars M, 1859 (synonym)
Species Molpadia productamensis Clark, 1909 accepted as Molpadia andamanensis (Walsh, 1891)
Species Molpadia roretzi (von Marenzeller, 1877) accepted as Molpadia roretzii (von Marenzeller, 1877)
Species Molpadia thomsoni (Danielssen & Koren, 1879) accepted as Molpadia borealis Sars M, 1859

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Cuvier, Georges L., 1817. Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation : pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction a l'anatomie comparée. VOLUME 4. Les Zoophytes, les Tables, et les Planches. Deterville, Paris., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/17709 [details]

Descriptive notes

Description This more or less cosmopolitan genus is represented in southern Africa by Molpadia millardae, described as new to science...

Description This more or less cosmopolitan genus is represented in southern Africa by Molpadia millardae, described as new to science in Tandar (1999), and M. capensis Heding, 1935. Two specimens of an indeterminate species in Thandar's collection are also referred to this genus. [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2025). Molpadia Cuvier, 1817. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123540 on 2025-07-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2012-11-16 23:30:55Z

changed

Paulay, Gustav

2013-06-10 08:43:23Z

changed

Paulay, Gustav

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Cuvier, Georges L., 1817. Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation : pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction a l'anatomie comparée. VOLUME 4. Les Zoophytes, les Tables, et les Planches. Deterville, Paris., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/17709 [details]

original description (of Paratrochostoma Heding, 1935) Heding, S. G. (1935). Holothurioidea. Part I. Apoda. - Molpadioidea. - Gephyrothurioidea. The Danish Ingolf-Expedition. 4(9): 1-84, pls. I-VIII. [details]

original description (of Trochostoma Danielssen & Koren, 1879) Danielssen, DC., & Koren, J. 1878. Fra den Norske Nordhavsexpedition. Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne 24: 229-266, pls. 1-4 [details]

original description (of Paramolpadia Heding, 1935) Heding, S. G. (1935). Holothurioidea. Part I. Apoda. - Molpadioidea. - Gephyrothurioidea. The Danish Ingolf-Expedition. 4(9): 1-84, pls. I-VIII. [details]

original description (of Embolus Selenka, 1867) Selenka, E. (1867). Beiträge zur Anatomie und Systematik der Holothurien. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 17(2): 291-374, pls. XVII-XX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45007590#page/321/mode/1up [details]

original description (of Pseudomolpadia Heding, 1931) Heding, S. G. (1931). On the classification of the Molpadids. Preliminary notice. Vidensk. Medd. naturh. Foren. Kjob. 92: pp. 275-284. [details]

original description (of Ankyroderma Danielssen & Koren, 1881) Danielssen D.C. & Koren J. 1881. On some Arctic Holothurida. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5) 7: 206-208. [details]

original description (of Molpadia Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [book series]. 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5. Paris, F.G. Levrault. vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984 [details]

original description (of Eumolpadia Heding, 1935) Heding, S. G. (1935). Holothurioidea. Part I. Apoda. - Molpadioidea. - Gephyrothurioidea. The Danish Ingolf-Expedition. 4(9): 1-84, pls. I-VIII. [details]

original description (of Haplodactyla Grube, 1840) Grube, A.E. (1840). Actinien, Echinodermen und Würmer des Adriatischen- und Mittelmeers nach eigenen Sammlungen beschrieben. Königsberg: J.H. Bon. 92 pp., 12 figs., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10662919 [details]

basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

context source (PeRMS) Solís-Marín, F. A.; Alvarado, J. J.; Abreu-Pérez, M.; Aguilera, O.; Alió, J.; Bacallado-Aránega, J. J.; Barraza, E.; Benavides-Serrato, M.; Benítez-Villalobos, F.; Betancourt-Fernández, L.; Borges, M.; Brandt, M.; Brogger, M. I.; Borrero-Pérez, G. H.; Buitrón-Sánchez, E.; Campos, L. S.; Cantera, J.; Clemente, S.; Cohen-Renjifo, M.; Coppard, S.; Costa-Lotufo, L. V.; del Valle-García, R.; Díaz, Y.; Díaz de Vivar, M. E.; Díaz-Martínez, J. P.; Durán-González, A.; Epherra, L.; Escolar, M.; Francisco, V.; Freire, C. A.; García-Arrarás, E.; Gil, D. G.; Guarderas, P.; Hadel, V. F.; Hearn, A.; Hernández, J. C.; Hernández-Delgado, E. A.; Herrera-Moreno, A.; Herrero-Pérezrul, M. D.; Hooker, Y.; Honey-Escandón, M. B. I.; Lodeiros, C.; Luzuriaga, M.; Manso, C. L. C.; Martín, A.; Martinez, M. I.; Martínez, S.; Moro-Abad; Mutschke, E.; Navarro, J. C.; Neira, R.; Noriega, N.; Palleiro-Nayar, J. S.; Pérez, A. F.; Pérez-Ruzafa, A.; Prieto-Rios, E.; Reyes, J.; Rodríguez, R.; Rubilar, T.; Sancho-Mejía, T.; Sangil, C.; Silva, J. R. M. C.; Sonnenholzner, J. I.; Ventura, C. R.; Tablado, A.; Tavares, Y.; Tiago, C. G.; Tuya, F.;Williams, S. M. (2013). Appendix. In: J. J. Alvarado & F. A. Solís-Marín (eds), Echinoderm Research and Diversity in Latin America. pp. 471-510. Springer; Berlin & Heidelberg. page(s): 543-654. [details]

additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Thandar, A.S. (1999). Deep-sea Holothuroids taken by the R.V. Africana II in 1959, from off the West Coast of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa, Ann. S. Afr. Mus., Vol. 105(9): 364-409, 16 figs, 2 tables (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Madsen, F.J.; Hansen, B. (1994). Echinodermata Holothurioidea. Marine invertebrates of Scandinavia, 9. Scandinavian University Press: Oslo, Norway. ISBN 82-00-03936-6. 143 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Mah, C.L.; McKnight, D.G.; Eagle, M.K.; Pawson, D.L.; Améziane, N.; Vance, D.J.; Baker, A.N.; Clark, H.E.S.; Davey, N. (2009). Phylum Echinodermata: sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea lilies. In: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 371-400. [details]