Kolostoneura griffithsi O'Loughlin & VandenSpiegel, 2010, sp. nov. ...

Kolostoneura griffithsi sp. nov. Figures 1b, 2b; table 2 Material examined. Holotype. South Orkney Is, 60.99°S 46.83°W, 506 m, BAS stn PB–EBS–3, 18 Mar 2006, NMV F168634. Diagnosis. Taeniogyrinid species 12 mm long; 10 peltato-digitate tentacles, 3–4 pairs of digits per tentacle; no ossicles in body...

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Main Authors: O'Loughlin, P. Mark, VandenSpiegel, Didier
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: Zenodo 2010
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Echinodermata
Holothuroidea
Apodida
Chiridotidae
Kolostoneura
Kolostoneura griffithsi
Antarc*
Antarctic
Antarctica
British Antarctic Survey
Scotia Sea
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12212332
https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.12212332
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Summary:Kolostoneura griffithsi sp. nov. Figures 1b, 2b; table 2 Material examined. Holotype. South Orkney Is, 60.99°S 46.83°W, 506 m, BAS stn PB–EBS–3, 18 Mar 2006, NMV F168634. Diagnosis. Taeniogyrinid species 12 mm long; 10 peltato-digitate tentacles, 3–4 pairs of digits per tentacle; no ossicles in body wall; tentacle rods present, some with central hub, some with bifurcate ends, 96–112 µ m long; solid calcareous ring, plates lack anterior projections/teeth, posterior margin slightly concave; single polian vesicle; madreporite with short curved canal, close to water ring; gonad tubules not present; lacking ciliated funnels. Colour (preserved). Dark purple-red flecking on grey to off-white semi-translucent body wall. Distribution. Antarctica, Scotia Sea, South Orkney Is, 506 m. Etymology. Named for Huw Griffiths (British Antarctic Survey), in appreciation of his role in the BAS BIOPEARL expeditions and the collection of specimens studied here. Remarks. Kolostoneura griffithsi sp. nov. exhibits the diagnostic ... : Published as part of O'Loughlin, P. Mark & VandenSpiegel, Didier, 2010, A revision of Antarctic and some Indo-Pacific apodid sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Apodida), pp. 61-95 in Memoirs of Museum Victoria 67 on page 75, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2010.67.06, http://zenodo.org/record/12212210 ...

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