Psolidium schnabelae 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 schnabelae; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctica; MacRobertson Land; Prydz Bay
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10878586; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10878586

Psolidium schnabelae sp. nov. Figures 3a; 8 a-c Material examined. Holotype: Eastern Antarctica, MacRobertson Land, slope off Prydz Bay, BANZARE stn 29, 66°28’S 72°41’E, 1266 m, 25 Dec 1929, SAM K2345. Other material: type locality and date, SAM K2346 (2). Diagnosis. Psolidium species up to 25 mm long; body form elongate, high; dorsal and lateral scales conspicuous, thin, smooth, up to 2.5 mm wide; dorsal and lateral tube feet inconspicuous. Sole: outer peripheral single series of smaller tube feet; inner peripheral single series of larger tube feet; lacking mid-ventral (sole) radial series of tube feet. Dorsal ossicles: multi-layered perforated plates (scales), single-layered marginally, reticulate thickenings extend from margin towards centre of plate, multi-layered centrally, lacking frequent radiating linear thickenings between marginal perforations, lacking smooth white thickening with small perforations, margin with irregular thickenings and perforations, not smooth; up to 4 tube foot canals or ... : 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 pages 35-38, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2008.65.2, http://zenodo.org/record/10665899 ...