Psolidiella mollis ...

• 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; Psolidiella; Psolidiella mollis; Antarc*; Antarctic; Bouvet Island
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10878997; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10878997

Brood-protection by Psolidiella mollis (Ludwig and Heding) Psolidiella mollis (Ludwig & Heding, 1935) is an additional species of Antarctic dendrochirotid holothuroid that broodprotects in marsupia (see Table 1). Males have a long genital papilla (NMV F157414), and females have up to five anterior interradial internal marsupia (fig. 3a; NMV F104865). One female from Bouvet Island (fig. 3b; NMV F104882) has 46 and 60 differentiated embryos (3–4 mm long) in each of two marsupia, and 52, 53, and 60 undifferentiated eggs or embryos (1.3 mm long) in each of three marsupia, evidence of two fertilization events. ... : 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 ...