Molpadiodemas pustulosus O'Loughlin & Ahearn 2005, comb. nov. ...

Molpadiodemas pustulosus (Sluiter, 1901) comb. nov. Pseudostichopus pustulosus Sluiter, 1901a: 16–17.— Sluiter, 1901b: 53–55, pl. 4 fig. 6, pl. 9 fig. 1. Material examined. Lectotype (designated here). Indonesia, Halmahera Sea, 0°45'S, 128°40'E, 827 m, Siboga, stn 145, ZMA V.Ech. H1012. Pa...

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Main Authors: O'Loughlin, P. Mark, Ahearn, Cynthia
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Published: Zenodo 2005
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12208825
https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.12208825
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Summary:Molpadiodemas pustulosus (Sluiter, 1901) comb. nov. Pseudostichopus pustulosus Sluiter, 1901a: 16–17.— Sluiter, 1901b: 53–55, pl. 4 fig. 6, pl. 9 fig. 1. Material examined. Lectotype (designated here). Indonesia, Halmahera Sea, 0°45'S, 128°40'E, 827 m, Siboga, stn 145, ZMA V.Ech. H1012. Paralectotypes. Lectotype locality and date, ZMA V.Ech. H1011 (1); Ceram Sea, 3°38'S, 131°26'E, 924 m, Siboga stn 170, ZMA V.Ech. H1006 (1). Description. Up to 115 mm long; some globigerines attached; distinct ventrolateral margin with series of nipple-like pustules, most conspicuous posteriorly and around anus on lobes of pygal furrow, some pustules lobed; body covered with elongate tube feet, present but not extended mid-ventrally; tube feet clustered in tufts on posterior pustules; gonad tubules short, fat, multiple-branching; ossicles in tentacles only; tentacle ossicles non-spinous lace mesh, comprising thin branched joined rods, not perforated plates. Distribution. Indonesia, Halmahera and Ceram Seas, 827– 924 m. ... : Published as part of O'Loughlin, P. Mark & Ahearn, Cynthia, 2005, A review of pygal-furrowed Synallactidae (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea), with new species from the Antarctic, Atlantic and Pacific oceans, pp. 147-179 in Memoirs of Museum Victoria 62 (2) on page 163, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2005.62.5, http://zenodo.org/record/12208025 ...