Psolus antarcticus Philippi 1857 ...

• Main Authors: Mackenzie, Melanie, Whitfield, Emily
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2011
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Echinodermata; Holothuroidea; Dendrochirotida; Psolidae; Psolus; Psolus antarcticus; Antarc*; antarcticus; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5669805; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5669805

Psolus antarcticus (Philippi,1857) Table 1, Figures 3 a–f. Synonymies. See Pawson (1969). Material examined. Chile, Tierra del Fuego, Isla Dawson, 53°58'S 70°34'W, Gallardo, A. & Castillo, J., 26 Sep 1965, USNM E31749 (1); Strait of Magellan, 1500–1666 m, USNS Eltanin, 1966, USNM E33617 (2); South Georgia, 659–686 m, USNS Eltanin, 1966, USNM E33616 (4); Australia, Macquarie I., off Lusitania Bay, 54°43'30''S 158°53'06''E, 100–105 m, ANARE, MV Nella Dan, Cochrane, T., 6 Dec 1986, NMV F76117 (1). Description. Psolus species up to 51 mm long, 35 mm wide, 12 mm high (damaged specimen, USNM E31749, preserved); oval to round in form with low profile, slightly raised oral and anal cones; clear demarcation between the body wall scales and oral and anal openings, 5 large oral valves and 5 smaller anal valves, sometimes composite, with little to no encroaching by nearby body wall scales; tentacles 10, 8 large, 2 small ventrally; large, irregular dorso-lateral scales up to 10 mm long with finely granuliform ... : Published as part of Mackenzie, Melanie & Whitfield, Emily, 2011, An overview of the Australian psolid sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Psolidae) with the description of 5 new species, pp. 21-36 in Zootaxa 3037 on pages 26-28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.278771 ...