Chiridota heheva Pawson & Vance, 2004, new species ...
Chiridota heheva new species Figures 1–3. Diagnosis: Inhabitant of bathyal/abyssal cold seeps and anthropogenic (wood) habitats. Tentacles with terminal discs carrying approximately 20 discrete, fingerlike digits, which are free and extended during feeding. Tentacles equally spaces; no ventral gap....
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| Summary: | Chiridota heheva new species Figures 1–3. Diagnosis: Inhabitant of bathyal/abyssal cold seeps and anthropogenic (wood) habitats. Tentacles with terminal discs carrying approximately 20 discrete, fingerlike digits, which are free and extended during feeding. Tentacles equally spaces; no ventral gap. Color in life blue to bluishpurple, with numerous conspicuous whitish spots (wheel papillae) in all interradii. Material Examined: Nineteen specimens, and one fragment, all deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA. HOLOTYPE, USNM E51169, R/V Arctic Discoverer, approximately 395 kilometers east of Savannah, Georgia, wreck of S.S. Central America, 32° N, 77°W, 2,200 meters, September, 1991, 1 specimen, collected by E. Herdendorf. Total length 45 mm. PARATYPES: 1. USNM E51168, R/V Arctic Discoverer, approximately 395 kilometers east of Savannah, Georgia, wreck of S.S. Central America, 32° N, 77° W, 2,200 meters, September, 1991, 3 specimens, collected by E. ... : Published as part of Pawson, David L. & Vance, Doris J., 2004, Chiridota heheva, new species, from Western Atlantic deepsea cold seeps and anthropogenic habitats (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Apodida), pp. 1-12 in Zootaxa 534 on pages 3-10, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157485 ... |
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