Pseudostichopus mollis Theel 1886 ...

• Main Author: Thandar, Ahmed S.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2018
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Echinodermata; Holothuroidea; Aspidochirotida; Synallactidae; Pseudostichopus; Pseudostichopus mollis; Marion Island
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3511465; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.3511465

Pseudostichopus mollis Théel, 1886 (Figure 19) Pseudostichopus mollis Théel, 1886:169 –170, pl. 10 figs. 5, 6; Branch et al. 1993: 55 (in key); O’Loughlin & Ahearn, 2005: 171 –173 (synonymy complete). Pseudostichopus trachus Sluiter, 1901: 52 –53, pl. 5 fig. 1, pl. 8 fig 8. ? Pseudostichopus mollis Samyn & VandenSpiegel 2016:479, fig. 20. Material examined. SAMC-A 090930, Marion Island, 46°44.5’ S– 45°44.5’ S, 37°40.9’ E– 37°37.4’ E, 909 m, 25. VI.2001, R. Leslie, 1 spec. Diagnosis (see O’Loughlin & Ahearn 2005). Description. Specimen well preserved (Figure 19A). Length about 127 mm, breadth in mid-body about 60 mm. Colour off-white, both dorsally and ventrally. Tentacles retracted, mouth ventral, anus terminal, anal furrow not distinct. Tube feet retracted, minute, easily overlooked in superficial study, scattered, scarcely 1 mm in length; suckers present/absent. Tentacles, including the ones removed in a previous study, about 16, with yellowish tips. Calcareous ring low, radial plates better ... : Published as part of Thandar, Ahmed S., 2018, On some miscellaneous sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) in the collections of the South African Museum with three new species, pp. 57-85 in Zootaxa 4532 (1) on pages 82-83, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4532.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/2615023 ...