Psolus lockhartae 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 lockhartae; Antarc*; Antarctica; Scotia Sea
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6196621; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6196621

Psolus lockhartae sp. nov. Figures 4 a–f, 5. Material examined. Holotype. Antarctica, Scotia Sea, South Orkney Is, 60º36.21'S 44º19.67'W, 211 m, US AMLR 2009 stn 19–13, S. Lockhart, 13 Feb 2009, NMV F168861. Paratypes. South Orkney Is, 60º26.52'S 45º17.91'W, 497 m, US AMLR 2009 stn 12–7, 11 Feb 2009, NMV F168857 (1); NMV F168859 (5); NMV F168860 (3). Other material. South Orkney Is, 298–302 m, USNM E43073 (3); 593–598 m, USNM E43074 (2); 2355–2897 m, USNM E43076 (63); 567–671 m, USNM E43080 (3); 759–857 m, USNM E43081 (7); South Shetland Is, 300 m, USNM E43075 (3); 220–240 m, USNM E43078 (1); South Georgia, 1968–2188 m, USNM E43079 (3); Burdwood Bank, 339–357 m, USNM E43077 (4). Diagnosis. Psolus species up to 20 mm long, 10 mm high, 8 mm wide; form sub-cylindrical, smooth, rounded oral and anal ends, lacking oral and anal cone; scales up to 3 mm wide, imbricating, macroscopically smooth, microscopically finely beaded, mosaic arrangement of large and small, rounded and angular scales; lacking 5 discrete oral ... : 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 pages 66-68, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.294189 ...