Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Echinozoa > Class Holothuroidea > Subclass Actinopoda > Order Persiculida > Family Gephyrothuriidae > Genus Gephyrothuria

Gephyrothuria alcocki Koehler & Vaney, 1905

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Gephyrothuria*	Koehler & Vaney, 1905	accepted genus name
*Himasthlephora*	H.L. Clark, 1908	synonym

Species group names

*Gephyrothuria europeensis*	Hérouard, 1923	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Alcock's fusiform sea cucumber sources: National General Status Working Group [Groupe de travail national sur la situation générale]. (2017). Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada [Noms communs normalisés pour les espèces sauvages au Canada].

French: holothurie d'Alcock

Literature

original description	Koehler, R. & Vaney, C. (1905). An account of the deep-sea Holothurioidea collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship Investigator. [Holothuries recueillies par l'Investigator dans l'Océan Indien. I. Les Holothuries de mer profonde.]. In: Alcock, A. (ed.) Echinoderma of the Indian Museum. Holothurioidea. Calcutta: Indian Museum. vi + 124 pp. + ii, 15 pls.
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.
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