Thyonella pervicax

• Main Authors: Pawson, David L., Pawson, Doris J., King, Rachael A.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2010
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Echinodermata; Holothuroidea; Dendrochirotida; Cucumariidae; Thyonella; Thyonella pervicax; Burrows; Buttons; Raleigh; Edisto; Pawson; DML
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6208481; https://zenodo.org/record/6208481

Thyonella pervicax (Théel, 1886 a) Figure 6 b, 13 Thyone pervicax Théel, 1886 a: 93, pl. 2 fig. 3, pl. 5 fig. 9; Deichmann, 1930: 175, pl. 16 figs. 9–12. Thyonella pervicax . — Hendler et al, 1995: 264, figs 144, 179 E,F,G,H. Material examined. USNME 16425, N.C., Raleigh Bay, Beaufort, Sta. 469, 1965. USNM E 16091, Florida. 11 mile SE of Cape, 5m. USNM E 19416, off S.C., 32 ° 36 'N, 78 ° 39 'W, R/V Pierce, Sta 2 F, August 21, 1977, 42m. USNM E 19432, off S.C., 32 ° 23 'N, 80 °09'W, R/V Pierce, Sta 3 B, Feb. 17, 1977, 13m, 2. USNM E 19452, off S.C., 32 °05'N, 79 ° 38 'W, R/V Pierce, Sta 3 D, Feb. 17, 1977, 33m, 2. USNM E 19455, off S.C., 32 °01'N, 79 ° 31 'W, R/V Pierce, Sta 3 E, August 25, 1977, 46m. USNM E 22560, Georgia, 31 ° 20 ’00”N, 80 ° 17 ’00”W, R/V Pelican, Sta 178 - 15, Jan. 31, 1940, 38m, 2. USNM E 22569, Georgia, 31 ° 59 ’ 30 ”N, 80 ° 34 ’00”W, R/V Pelican, Sta 181 - 3, Feb. 3, 1940, 15m. USNM E 22552, Georgia, 31 ° 41 ’ 30 ”N, 80 °01’00”W, R/V Pelican, Sta 179 - 10, February 1, 1940, 33m. USNM E 22558, Georgia, 32 °01’00”N, 80 ° 16 ’00”W, R/V Pelican, Sta 181 - 7, February 3, 1940, 20m. USNM E 22575, N.C., Shacklesford Island, Sept. 12, 1928. USNM E 22556, Georgia, 31 ° 11 00'N, 80 ° 52 ’00”W, R/V Pelican, Sta 178 - 6, January 31, 1940, 16m. USNM E 22570, Florida, 29 ° 40 ’00”N, 81 °09’ 30 ”W, R/V Pelican, Sta 176 - 10, Jan. 25, 1940, 37m. USNM E 25293, Florida, 28 ° 26 ’ 30 ”N, 80 ° 12 'W, R/V Silver Bay Sta 2032, 37m. USNM E 33163, Florida, 30 ° 40 'N, 81 ° 11 'W, R/V Delaware II, Sta 0 88, May 22, 1984, 20.1m, 2. USNM E 33164, Florida, 51.5 Nautical miles E, 29 ° 50 'N, 80 ° 17 'W, R/V Delaware II, Sta 148, April 27, 1983, 62–64m, 2. USNM E 33156, Florida, 31 Nautical miles E, 30 ° 20 'N, 80 ° 48 'W, R/V Delaware II, Sta 116, April 25, 1983, 32–35m, 4. USNM E 33167, Florida, 19.5 Nautical miles E, 28 °00'N, 80 ° 12 'W, R/V Delaware II, Sta 0 40, April 22, 1983, 27.4m. USNM E 33172, Florida, 37 Nautical miles E, 29 ° 10 'N, 80 ° 17 'W, R/V Delaware II, Sta 0 87, April 24, 1983, 46m. USNM E 33162, Florida, 24 Nautical miles E, 28 ° 10 'N, 80 ° 13 'W, R/V Delaware II, Sta 0 43, April 22, 1983, 27.4m, 21. USNM E 33168, Florida, 24.5 Nautical miles E, 28 ° 15 'N, 80 °08'W, R/V Delaware II, Sta 0 55, April 22, 1983, 42m. USNM E 33158, Florida, 30 °00’ 18 ”N, 80 ° 32 ’ 48 ”W, R/V Delaware II, Sta 93, May 23, 1984, 36.6m, 6. USNM E 33155, Florida, 29 Nautical miles NE, 30 ° 10 'N, 80 ° 49 'W, R/V Delaware II, Sta 115, April 25, 1983, 27.4m, 7. USNM E 33160, Florida, 31 Nautical miles E, 30 ° 30 'N, 80 ° 49 'W, R/V Delaware II, Sta 117, April 25, 1983, 27–29m, 6. USNM E 33166, Florida, 47 Nautical miles E, 29 ° 40 'N, 80 ° 20 'W, R/V Delaware II, Sta 110, April 25, 1983, 46–48m, 3. USNM E 33171, Florida, 53.5 Nautical miles ENE, 30 °00'N, 80 ° 16 'W, R/V Delaware II, Sta 141, April 27, 1983, 69.5m, 2. USNM E 33165, Florida, 49.5 Nautical miles E, 29 ° 50 'N, 80 ° 19 'W, R/V Delaware II, Sta 149, April 27, 1983, 46m. USNM E 33170, Florida, 33 Nautical miles E, 29 ° 40 'N, 80 ° 36 'W, R/V Delaware II, Sta 112, April 25,1983, 27.4m, 2. USNM E 33161, Florida, 30 ° 09 54 'N, 80 ° 30 12 'W, R/V Delaware II, Sta 0 92, May 23, 1984, 38.4m, 13. USNM E 33159, Florida, 29 ° 19 ’ 48 ”N, 80 ° 29 ’ 54 ”W, R/V Delaware II, Sta 0 74, May 21, 1984, 33m, 15. USNM E 33169, Florida, 29 ° 50 ’06”N, 81 ° 14 ’00”W, R/V Delaware II, Sta 0 83, May 22, 1984, 14.6m. USNM E 33157, Florida, 22.5 Nautical Miles ENE, 30 °00'N, 80 ° 52 'W, R/V Delaware II, Sta 114, April 25, 1983, 27m, 13. USNM E 39039, Florida, North of Cape Canaveral, 28 ° 23 ’ 54 ”N, 80 ° 16 ’ 42 ”W, R/V Oregon II Sta 45125, 27.4m, 3. USNM E 39040, Florida, East of Cape Canaveral, 28 ° 14 ’ 54 ”N, 80 ° 14 ’ 24 ”W, R/V Oregon II Sta 45126, March 20, 1987, 27.4m, 4. USNM E 39039, Florida, North of Cape Canaveral, R/V Oregon II Sta 45125 March 20, 1987, 27.4m, 3. USNM E 46901, N.C., Surf City, Topsail Island, 2. SERTC 1043, off Charleston Harbor, SC, 32 °30.18'N, 78 °57.52'W, 40.5–41.1 m, coll. SERTC Staff, June 2 2004. SERTC 1044, off Charleston Harbor, SC, 32 °36.12'N, 79 °04.16'W, 35.1–35.7 m, coll. SERTC Staff, June 2 2004. SERTC 1045, off Ossabaw Island, GA, 31 °52.51'N, 79 °46.71'W, 38.1– 39 m, coll. SERTC Staff, June 3 2004. SERTC 2100, 41.5 miles @ 128 degrees of Charleston Light, SC, 32 °19.7'N, 79 °12.5'W, 40 m, coll. GML Staff, March 20 1976. SERTC 2103, 55.5 miles @ 109 degrees of Charleston Light, SC, 32 ° 30.5N, 78 ° 57.5W, 40 m, coll. GML Staff, March 31 1979. SERTC 2104, 43.6 miles off Charleston Light, SC, 32 °04.7'N, 79 °33.7'W, 40 m, coll. GML Staff, April 28 1981. SERTC 2133, off Edisto Island, SC, 32 °12.33'N, 79 °42.16'W, 30.5 m, coll. SERTC Staff, April 29 2005. SERTC 2280, off Charleston Harbor, SC, 32 °23.9'N, 79 °06.4'W, 37.5 m, coll. GML Staff, October 26 1974. DML 3105, 34 º 28 ’N, 76 º09.4’W, 37 m. DML 3106, 34 º29.3’N, 76 º11.2’W, 37 m. Diagnosis. Small, burrowing form, 40–70 mm long. Color mottled white or tan and light to dark brown, with conspicuous scattered brown patches. Body tapering gently toward blunt ends. Conical podia uniformly distributed over body surface, retracted to low warts in preserved specimens. Body wall thick, rigid, filled with ossicles consisting of knobbed buttons of two sizes (60–90 μm and 35–55 μm) and shallow cups (40–60 μm) with 10–12 marginal teeth; no perforated plates. Distribution. MA to E and W FL, Gulf of Mexico, TX, Mexico, Brazil. Habitat. Burrows in soft, sandy sediments, also on shell and quartz sand bottom covered with algae and seagrass. 6– 70 m. Remarks. Like T. gemmata , this species is locally very common (Hendler et al. , 1995). : Published as part of Pawson, David L., Pawson, Doris J. & King, Rachael A., 2010, A taxonomic guide to the Echinodermata of the South Atlantic Bight, USA: 1. Sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea), pp. 1-48 in Zootaxa 2449 on pages 20-22, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.195134 : {"references": ["Theel, H. (1886 a) Report on the Holothurioidea dredged by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873 - 76. Part I. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger During the Years 1873 - 76. Zoology, Vo l u m e 1 4 (P a r t 39), 1 - 290.", "Deichmann, E. (1930) The holothurians of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 71: 43 - 226. Deichmann, E. (1940) Report of the Holothurians, collected by the Harvard-Havana Expeditions 1938 and 1939, with a revision of the Molpadonia of the Atlantic Ocean. 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