Psolus byrdae O'Loughlin & Whitfield, 2010, sp. nov. ...

• Main Authors: O'Loughlin, Mark, Whitfield, Emily
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2010
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Echinodermata; Holothuroidea; Dendrochirotida; Psolidae; Psolus; Psolus byrdae; Amundsen Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ross Sea; Scotia Sea
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6196616; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6196616

Psolus byrdae sp. nov. Figures 1 a–f. Material examined. Holotype. Antarctica, Amundsen Sea, Marie Byrd Seamount, 69.2ºS 117.5ºW, 2214 m, BAS BIOPEARL stn BI 07–AGT–2000, K. Linse et al., 15 Mar 2008, NMV F168626. Paratypes. Ross Sea, Scott I. Bank, 516–595 m, USNM 1132854 (11). Other material. Scotia Sea, South Georgia, 56º18–23'S 37º04–37'W, 3413–3446 m, USNM 1132855 (2). Diagnosis. Psolus species up to 28 mm long, 5 mm high, 12 mm wide (holotype); elongate oval form, low vertical profile, lacking oral and anal cones; scales imbricating, macroscopically smooth, microscopically finely beaded, irregular shapes, large and small, rounded and angular, mosaic arrangement, up to 5 mm wide, small near ventral margin; lacking 5 discrete oral valves, oral scales numerous, digitiform or narrow pointed or triangular pointed; tentacles 10, 8 large, 2 small ventrally; calcareous ring with digitiform radial and interradial anterior projections, radial projections larger, concave radial and interradial posterior ... : Published as part of O'Loughlin, Mark & Whitfield, Emily, 2010, New species of Psolus Oken from Antarctica (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Psolidae), pp. 61-68 in Zootaxa 2528 on page 62, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.294189 ...