Taeniogyrus bamberi O'Loughlin, sp. nov. ...

• Main Authors: O'Loughlin, P. Mark, Mackenzie, Melanie, Vandenspiegel, Didier, Griffiths, Huw
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Echinodermata; Holothuroidea; Apodida; Chiridotidae; Taeniogyrus; Taeniogyrus bamberi; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6096659; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6096659

Taeniogyrus bamberi O’Loughlin sp. nov. Figures 1, 6–8; key Material examined. Holotype. Antarctica, Weddell Sea, station ‘West Brunt Shelf 2’, AGT 60, 75.2686– 75.26921 ºS, 31.16355– 31.168 ºW, agassiz trawl 614.3–616.52 m, BAS cruise JR275 RRS James Clark Ross, collected M. Mackenzie et al., 23/02/2012, NHMUK 2014.40. Paratypes. As for holotype, NMV F218847 (1); NMV F218848 (1); NHMUK 2014.41–43 (3). Other material. Antarctica, Weddell Sea, station ‘400 m’, AGT 93, 74.69752– 74.69752ºS, 29.49652– 29.49558ºW, agassiz trawl 439.76–450.09 m, BAS cruise JR275 RRS James Clark Ross, collected M. Mackenzie et al., 29/02/2012, NMV F218849 (1, grey fragment, 3 mm long). Diagnosis. Taeniogyrid species, vermiform, tapered posteriorly, up to 32 mm long (preserved); small wheel papillae, many lost; 10 peltato-digitate tentacles, four pairs of sub-equal digits; radial plates of calcareous ring with low anterior mid-plate projection, lateral edges of plates with rounded raised anterior edges, shallow excavations for ... : Published as part of O'Loughlin, P. Mark, Mackenzie, Melanie, Vandenspiegel, Didier & Griffiths, Huw, 2015, New taeniogyrinid species of sea cucumber from the Weddell Sea (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Synaptida), pp. 271-283 in Zootaxa 3995 (1) on pages 279-281, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3995.1.23, http://zenodo.org/record/238175 ...