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

• 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

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