A review of pygal-furrowed Synallactidae (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea), with new species from the Antarctic, Atlantic and Pacific oceans

We review the genera and species of pygal-furrowed Synallactidae and describe new species from the collections ofthe United States National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution). Meseres Ludwig is reviewed and placed incertae sedis. Molpadiodemas Heding and Pseudostichopus Théel are re...

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Published in:Memoirs of Museum Victoria
Main Authors: O'Loughlin, P., Ahearn, C.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: 2005
Subjects:
Antarctic
Pacific
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1834/17178
https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2005.62.5
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Summary:We review the genera and species of pygal-furrowed Synallactidae and describe new species from the collections ofthe United States National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution). Meseres Ludwig is reviewed and placed incertae sedis. Molpadiodemas Heding and Pseudostichopus Théel are rediagnosed. Platystichopus Heding is declared a junior synonym of Molpadiodemas. Filithuria Koehler and Vaney and Peristichopus Djakonov are declared junior synonyms of Pseudostichopus. Lectotypes are designated for: Meseres involutus Sluiter, M. macdonaldi Ludwig, M. peripatus Sluiter, Pseudostichopus globigerinae Hérouard, P. mollis Théel, P. pustulosus Sluiter, P. trachus Sluiter, P. villosus Théel. A neotype is designated for Pseudostichopus nudus Ohshima. Published

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