Psolicrux iuvenilesi O'Loughin & Manjon-Cabeza, sp. nov. ...

• Main Authors: O'Loughlin, Mark, Manjón-Cabeza, Eugenia, Ruiz, Francina Moya
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2009
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Echinodermata; Holothuroidea; Dendrochirotida; Cucumariidae; Psolicrux; Psolicrux iuvenilesi; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Antarctica; Bellingshausen Sea; Enderby Land; Prydz Bay
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6219733; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6219733

Psolicrux iuvenilesi O’Loughin & Manjón-Cabeza sp. nov. Figure 2a–c; table 1. Material examined. Holotype. Antarctic Peninsula, Gerlache Strait, BENTART–2003, R/V Hesperides, stn PA23, 64.9255ºS, 63.6068ºW, 656 m, 25 Feb 2003, MNCN 29.04/128; dorsal body ossicles slide NMV F161522; ventral body ossicles slide F161523; tentacle ossicles slide F161524. Paratypes. Type locality and date, MNCN 29.04/129 (4). Other material. Paraiso Bay, R/V Hesperides, stn BP21, 64.90ºS, 63.01ºW, 101 m, 23 Feb 2003. Eastern Antarctica, Prydz Bay, Fram Bank, 444–453 m, 26 Feb 1991, F68053 (1); Enderby Land, 386–400, 15 Nov 1985, F84985 (1). Diagnosis. Specimens up to 29 mm long (tentacles withdrawn), widest diameter 11 mm; thin, flexible, calcareous, body wall with minute projecting spines; distinct sole and “belly” ventrally; oral cone, tapered anal cone forming distinct “tail”, both oral and anal cones frequently upturned; 10 subequal dendritic tentacles; large tube feet in mid-ventral and latero-ventral paired radial ... : 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 6-8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.185959 ...