Pseudostichopus hyalegerus Sluiter 1901

• Main Authors: Samyn, Yves, Vandenspiegel, Didier
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2016
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Echinodermata; Holothuroidea; Aspidochirotida; Synallactidae; Pseudostichopus; Pseudostichopus hyalegerus; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Pacific; Indian; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5107236; https://zenodo.org/record/5107236

Pseudostichopus hyalegerus Sluiter, 1901 (Fig. 19) Meseres hyalegerus Sluiter, 1901: 12. Pseudostichopus hyalegerus (Sluiter, 1901): O’Loughlin & Ahearn, 2005: 170, 10a, 12n – p (synonymy and records before 2005). Material examined . Non-type material : IE-2007-793 (4 specimens, dredged between Nosy-Bé and Banc du Leven); IE-2007-796 (2 specimens, dredged between Nosy-Bé and Banc du Leven); IE-2007-799 (3 specimens, dredged between Nosy-Bé and Banc du Leven); IE-2007-800 (1 specimen, dredged between Nosy-Bé and Banc du Leven); IE-2007-802 (18 2 specimens, dredged between Nosy-Bé and Banc du Leven); IE-2007-805 (1 specimen, dredged in front of Nazendry Bay); IE-2007-807 (4 specimens, dredged between Nosy-Bé and Banc du Leven). Remarks. This species is characterized by having the body wall lacking ossicles, but covered by molluscs, sponge ossicles and foraminiferans (fig. 18). 2. One of the specimens was destructed for SEM imaging. To date, Pseudostichopus hyalegerus was known only from Japan, Eastern Australia and Indonesia (O’Loughlin, 2002; O’Loughlin & Ahearn, 2005), this record extends its range into the Indian Ocean. : Published as part of Samyn, Yves & Vandenspiegel, Didier, 2016, Sublittoral and bathyal sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) from the Northern Mozambique Channel with description of six new species, pp. 451-497 in Zootaxa 4196 (4) on pages 478-479, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4196.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/168273 : {"references": ["Sluiter C. P. (1901) Die Holothurien der Siboga-Expedition. Siboga - Expeditie. Monograph, 44, 1 - 142,11 plates.", "O'Louglin, P. M. & Ahearn, C. (2005) A review of pygal-furrowed Synallactidae (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea), with new species from the Antarctic, Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Memoirs of Museum Victoria, 62, 147 - 179.", "O'Loughlin, P. M. (2002) Report on selected species of BANZARE and ANARE Holothuroidea, with reviews of Meseres Ludwig and Heterocucumis Panning (Echinodermata). Memoirs of Museum Victoria, 59, 297 - 325."]}