Holothuria albiventer Semper, 1868: 83, 248, 277, pl. 30, fig. 14; Semper, 1869 : 120; Lampert, 1885: 75, fig.10; Théel, 1886: 236 ; Ludwig, 1889-92: 329; Hérouard, 1893: 135, pl. 8, fig. A1-17; Lampert, 1896: 55 ; Ludwig, 1899: 558 ; Sluiter, 1901: 13 ; Pearson, 1910: 175 ; Pearson, 1913: 93, pl. 14, fig. 25 ; Erwe, 1919: 185, fig. 4a-c ; Clark, 1932: 230 ; Clark, 1946 : 431; Cherbonnier, 1955: 155, pl. 38, fig a-r ; Endean, 1957: 252 ; Cherbonnier, 1963: 5 ; Cherbonnier, 1967: 56 ; James, 1969: 62 ; James & Pearse, 1969: 108 ; Daniel & Halder, 1974: 428 ; James, 1983: 93; Reyes-Leonardo, 1984: 32; Liao, 1998 : 80.

Holothuria (Holothuria) albiventer; Panning, 1935: 103, fig. 96a-r.

Holothuria (Metriatyla) albiventer; Rowe, 1969: 160 ; Clark & Rowe, 1971: 176, pl. 28, fig. 2 ; Clark & Taylor, 1971: 91 ; Liao, 1980: 116 ; Price, 1982: 11 ; Liao, 1984: 237, fig. 17 (1-4) ; Cannon & Silver, 1986: 23 ; Cherbonnier, 1988: 129, fig. 52A-I ; Marsh et al., 1993 : 64; Liao & Clark, 1995: 444, fig. 260a-d; Rowe & Gates, 1995: 293 ; Liao, 1997: 113, fig. 64a-d; Pawson, 1995: 188; Bussarawit & Thongtham, 1999: 35;  Lane et al., 2000: 489 ; Samyn, 2003: 48, figs 18A-E, 53C (map), pl. 2H (colour plate); Marsh & Morrison, 2004: 339 ; Putchakarn & Sonchaeng, 2004: 425

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Taxonomic decision: valid species (based upon examination of available type material and additional voucher specimens)

Known distribution: Red Sea, Madagascar (Tuléar), Zanzibar, Kenya, Maldives, Myanmar (Mergui Archipelago), Philippines (Bohol, Cebu), Indonesia (Ambon, Lombok), Australia (NE coast, GBR, NW coast, NW oceanic, Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea, QLD, WA, NT), Thailand, China, Japan

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