Myriotrochus hesperides 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; Apodida; Myriotrochidae; Myriotrochus; Myriotrochus hesperides; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Bellingshausen Sea
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6219740; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6219740

Myriotrochus hesperides O’Loughin & Manjón-Cabeza sp. nov. Figure 2 e, f: table 1. Material studied. Holotype. Antarctic Peninsula, BENTART–2006, R/V Hesperides, stn PA41, 65.47149ºS, 69.0285ºW, 350 m, 10 Feb 2006, MNCN 29.04/130; posterior dorsal body ossicles slide NMV F161516. Diagnosis. Specimen 13 mm long; thin translucent body wall; sub-cylindrical, dorsal oral ring projecting anteriorly over ventral, body rounded distally; 12 peltato-digitate tentacles, each tentacle with about 7 small rounded digits; plates of calcareous ring asymmetrical, with short pointed anterior projections, wide rounded tongue-like posterior projections of variable length, 2 radial plates each with 2 anterior projections. Tentacles lacking ossicles; body wall ossicles a few wheels only in the posterior dorsal body wall; wheels of one type, with teeth all pointing towards centre of hub; spokes irregular, about half branching proximally, some branches not reaching rim, some spokes with cross-connections; teeth variably ... : 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 page 9, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.185959 ...