Holothuria (Cystipus) rigida (Selenka 1867)

In Panama this species has been collected from Taboguilla Island (USNM E 30481), Panama Bay, Gulf of Panama, eastern Pacific, where it was collected from under rocks at a depth of 6 m.

Cherbonnier, G. (1988). Echinodermes: Holothurides. Faune de Madagascar 70.

Helfer, H. (1912). Uber einige von Dr. R. Hartmeyer im Golf von Suez gesammelte Holothurien. Berlin Mitt. zool. Mus. 6: (325-334).

Selenka, E. (1867). Beiträge zur Anatomie und Systematik der Holothurien, Z. wiss. Zool. 17: 291-374, pls. 17-20.

Selenka, E. (1867). Beitrage zur Anatomie und Systematik der Holothurien. Der Philosophischen Facultat zu Gottingen in December 1866, als Dissertation vorgelegt.: pp. 291-374.

World Register of Marine Species

LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:210880

Cystipus pleuripus Haacke, 1880
Muelleria aegyptiana Helfer, 1912
Mulleria aegyptiana Helfer, 1912
Stichopus rigidus Selenka, 1867

Also distributed in Maldive area, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Ecology: benthic, inshore, detritus feeder, deposit feeder. General distribution: tropical, Panamic region, Indo-Pacific Ocean, east Pacific Ocean, low water mark (Rowe & Gates, 1995).