Parathyonidium Heding ...

• Main Authors: O'Loughlin, P. Mark, Eichler, John, Altoff, Leon, Falconer, Audrey, Mackenzie, Melanie, Whitfield, Emily, Rowley, Chris
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2009
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Echinodermata; Holothuroidea; Dendrochirotida; Cucumariidae; Parathyonidium; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10878990; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10878990

Coelomic brood-protection by a species of Parathyonidium Heding A female specimen of an undescribed species of Parathyonidum Heding, 1954 from Eastern Antarctica (17 mm long, preserved; NMV F84983) has 39 differentiating coelomic juveniles of uniform size (2–3 mm long) (fig. 2c). Materia et al. (1991) reported coelomic brood-protection for Neoamphicyclus materiae O’Loughlin, 2007 (as Neoamphicyclus lividus Hickman, 1962) and Staurothyone inconspicua (Bell, 1887) from SE Australia. This is a third case of intra-coelomic brood-protection by a dendrochirotid holothuroid species. ... : Published as part of O'Loughlin, P. Mark, Eichler, John, Altoff, Leon, Falconer, Audrey, Mackenzie, Melanie, Whitfield, Emily & Rowley, Chris, 2009, Observations of reproductive strategies for some dendrochirotid holothuroids (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida), pp. 215-220 in Memoirs of Museum Victoria 66 (2) on page 217, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2009.66.19, http://zenodo.org/record/10665943 ...