Cucumaria dudexa O'Loughin & Manjon-Cabeza, sp. nov. ...

Cucumaria dudexa O’Loughin & Manjón-Cabeza sp. nov. Figure 1a–c; table 1. Material examined. Holotype. East Bellingshausen Sea, R/V Hesperides, BENTART–2003, stn MB13B, 69.8223ºS, 77.8320ºW, 605 m, 15 Feb 2003, MNCN 29.04/125; tentacle ossicles slide NMV F161512; dorsal body ossicles slide F1615...

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Main Authors: O'Loughlin, Mark, Manjón-Cabeza, Eugenia, Ruiz, Francina Moya
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Published: Zenodo 2009
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6219728
https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6219728
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Summary:Cucumaria dudexa O’Loughin & Manjón-Cabeza sp. nov. Figure 1a–c; table 1. Material examined. Holotype. East Bellingshausen Sea, R/V Hesperides, BENTART–2003, stn MB13B, 69.8223ºS, 77.8320ºW, 605 m, 15 Feb 2003, MNCN 29.04/125; tentacle ossicles slide NMV F161512; dorsal body ossicles slide F161513; ventral body ossicles slide F161514; dorsal body ossicles slide F161515. Diagnosis. Specimen 35 mm long (tentacles withdrawn, preserved), sub-cylindrical, widest diameter 6 mm; thin, flexible, calcareous, parchment-like body wall; distinct sole ventrally, slight “belly”; upturned oral cone, rounded distally, 2 soft dorso-lateral oral papillae, 0.6 mm long; upturned long tapered anal cone, 18 mm long, thin and rounded distally, 5 soft radial anal papillae 0.6 mm long; 10 dendritic tentacles, ventral pair small; tube feet confined to radii, well-developed close paired series bordering sole latero-ventrally, slightly more spread series mid-ventrally, ventral interradii bare, smaller sparse radial tube feet on ... : Published as part of O'Loughlin, Mark, Manjón-Cabeza, Eugenia & Ruiz, Francina Moya, 2009, Antarctic holothuroids from the Bellingshausen Sea, with descriptions of new species (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea), pp. 1-16 in Zootaxa 2016 on pages 3-5, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.185959 ...