Psolidium emilyae O'Loughlin & Ahearn 2008, sp. nov. ...

• Main Authors: O'Loughlin, P. Mark, Ahearn, Cynthia
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2008
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Echinodermata; Holothuroidea; Dendrochirotida; Psolidae; Psolidium; Psolidium emilyae; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctica; aurora australis; Prydz Bay
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10878565; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10878565

Psolidium emilyae sp. nov. Figures 1d; 4 c-e Material examined. Holotype: Eastern Antarctica, Prydz Bay, Four Ladies Bank, ANARE 1991, Aurora Australis stn 25B, 68°31’S 77°27’E, 450-556 m, K. L. Gowlett-Holmes and W. Zeidler, 3 Feb 1991, SAM K2221. Diagnosis. Psolidium species 14 mm long (preserved); elongate tubular body, transversely rounded form, sole narrower than body width; dorsal and lateral tube feet conspicuous, numerous, cover body closely; dorsal and lateral scales inconspicuous. Sole: peripheral single series of tube feet; some slightly smalleroutertubefeetinanincompleteseries(partlyconcealed by projecting ventro-lateral scales); lacking mid-ventral (sole) radial series of tube feet. Dorsal ossicles: thick, smooth, single-layered perforated plates (scales), lacking secondary developments, small perforations, tube foot canals, scales up to 0.7 mm wide; irregular,curvedtubefootsupportossicles,upto4perforations, up 128 μ m long. Sole ossicles: numerous crosses, predominantly regular, elongate, ... : Published as part of O'Loughlin, P. Mark & Ahearn, Cynthia, 2008, Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic species of Psolidium Ludwig (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Psolidae), pp. 23-42 in Memoirs of Museum Victoria 65 on page 30, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2008.65.2, http://zenodo.org/record/10665899 ...