The Bathyal Holothurians of the New Zealand Region
Checklist of New Zealand Bathyal Holothurians
Checklist of New Zealand Bathyal Holothurians
Species new to the fauna are marked with an asterisk (*).
Order DACTYLOCHIROTIDA
- *Ypsilothuria bitentaculata (Ludwig)
- *Echinocucumis hispida (Barrett)
Order DENDROCHIROTIDA
- Heterothyone alba (Hutton)
- Pentadactyla longidentis (Hutton)
Order MOLPADIDA
- *Molpadia musculus (Risso)
- Molpadia violacea (Studer)
- *Molpadia antarctica (Theel)
- *Molpadia ? n.sp.
- Heteromolpadia marenzelleri (Theel)
- Heteromolpadia pikei Pawson
- Paracaudina chilensis (Müller)
- Hedingia albicans (Theel)
Order APODIDA
- Protankyra rigida Pawson
Order ASPIDOCHIROTIDA
- Stichopus mollis (Hutton)
- *Bathyplotes natans (Sars)
- Mesothuria lactea (Theel)
Order ELASIPODIDA
- *Ilyodaemon abstrusus Sluiter
- Pannychia moseleyi Theel
- *Laetmogone violacea Theel
- Bathygone papillatum Pawson
- *Benthogone rosea Koehler
- Enypniastes eximia Theel
- *Benthodytes hystrix Sluiter
- Amperima tui Pawson
- Scotoplanes gilpinbrowni Pawson
The writer (Pawson, 1963) believes that three of the species on the above list, namely Stichopus mollis (Hutton), Pentadactyla longidentis (Hutton) and Heterothyone alba (Hutton) are shelf species which may have entered deep water accidentally, and these are not treated here.