Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Echinozoa > Class Holothuroidea > Subclass Actinopoda > Order Molpadida > Family Molpadiidae > Genus Molpadia

Molpadia borealis Sars M, 1859

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

MolpadiaCuvier, 1817accepted genus name
Ankyroderma Ludwig, 1890, non Danielssen & Koren, 1879 synonym
Eumolpadia Heding, 1935 synonym
Haplodactyla Grube, 1840 synonym
Paratrochostoma Heding, 1935 synonym
Trochostoma Danielssen & Koren, 1879 synonym

Species group names

Ankyroderma affine Danielssen & Koren, 1881 synonym
Ankyroderma jeffreysii Danielssen & Koren, 1881 synonym
Molpadia jeffreysi (Danielssen & Koren, 1881) synonym
Molpadia oolitica Mortensen, 1914 non Pourtalès, 1851 synonym
Molpadia thomsoni (Danielssen & Koren, 1879) synonym
Trochostoma boreale (M. Sars, 1859) synonym
Trochostoma thomsonii Danielssen & Koren, 1879 synonym
Trochostoma arctica of Danielssen & Koren, 1880 non (von Marenzeller, 1877) misapplied name

Literature

original description

Sars, M. (1859). Om tre nye Holothurider af hvilke den ena danner Typus for en ny Slaegt. Videnskabs-Selskabets Forhandlinger, Christiania. 1859: 170-179.

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

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.

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Molpadia borealis Sars M, 1859. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124798

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2010-10-14 by Gustav Paulay

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