Rediscovery of the elpidiid holothurian Peniagone horrifer (Elasipodida, Holothuroidea: Echinodermata) in the southern Indian Ocean

Peniagone horrifer Théel, 1882 was collected at abyssal depths from around the Crozet Islands in the southern Indian Ocean on RRS Discovery Cruise 300 in 2005. Previously known from only one specimen, P. horrifer is re-described based on a large haul of preserved material and an in situ photograph o...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Marine Biodiversity
Main Authors: Cross, Ian A., Gebruk, Andrey, Billett, David, Rogacheva, Antonina
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Indian
Crozet Islands
Online Access:http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/440707/
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Summary:Peniagone horrifer Théel, 1882 was collected at abyssal depths from around the Crozet Islands in the southern Indian Ocean on RRS Discovery Cruise 300 in 2005. Previously known from only one specimen, P. horrifer is re-described based on a large haul of preserved material and an in situ photograph of the species on the seabed.

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