Holothuria (Panningothuria) forskali Delle Chiaje 1823

• Main Authors: Madeira, Patrícia, Kroh, Andreas, Cordeiro, Ricardo, De, António M., Martins, Frias, Ávila, Sérgio P.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2019
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Echinodermata; Holothuroidea; Aspidochirotida; Holothuriidae; Holothuria; Holothuria forskali; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5583406; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/4148D21204C4FF46FF33FBA6749C12C4

Holothuria ( Panningothuria ) forskali Delle Chiaje, 1823 (Fig. 35) Reports for the Azores: Holothuria forskali Delle Chiaje, 1823 — $ Marques 1983: 4, fig. 6; Pereira 1997: 333; $ Morton et al. 1998: 98, 169, figs. 5.2T, 8.8R; Micael & Costa 2010: 323; Micael et al . 2012: 4. See: Koehler (1921b: 179–180, fig. 135); O’Loughlin et al . (2007). Occurrence: Mediterranean Sea and northeast Atlantic, from Scandinavia south to the coast of Morocco (Hérouard 1929, Tortonese 1965, Rowe 1969), including the Azores (Marques 1983), Madeira (Bianchi et al . 1998) and Canaries (Pérez-Ruzafa et al . 1992b). Depth: 0–850 m (Koehler 1921 b, Mecho et al . 2014); AZO: 0–12 m (herein). Habitat: soft to hard substrata and among algae and seagrass beds (Pérez-Ruzafa et al . 1992 b, Morton et al . 1998). Larval stage: probably planktotrophic (inferred from the genus, see McEdward & Miner 2001). Material examined: DBUA-ECH 392 (in front of the Marina, Ponta Delgada, SMG, AZO, c. 39°00’44”N, 27°57’28”W, 1997.04. 18, 12 m; 1 spm, TL = 82 mm); DBUA-ECH 393 (Cerco, Caloura, SMG, AZO, 37°42’26”N, 25°30’37”W, 1996.07.13, intertidal; 1 specimen, TL = 92 mm); DBUA-ECH 398 [Capelas (Morro), SMG, AZO, c. 37°50’37”N, 25°41’18”W, 1996.05. 26, 9 m; 1 spm, TL = 165 mm]; DBUA-ECH 434 (Horta harbour, FAY, AZO, c. 38°31’51”N, 28°37’23”W, 2011.03. 11, 6 m; 1 spm, TL = 65 mm). Description: body almost cylindrical, flattened ventrally. Body wall relatively thick. Epidermis smooth and very delicate. Mouth subventral surrounded by a crown of 20 peltate tentacles (cauliflower-like). Well-developed conical papillae irregularly arranged dorsally and laterally; presence of a collar of small oral papillae. Ventral surface with numerous tube feet in four rows. Well developed Cuvierian tubules. Calcareous deposits scarce, mostly composed of much reduced tables (<50 μm) with four holes; buttons absent; tube-feet and papillae also with elongate, irregularly branched rods; the tentacles with curved rods. Colour ( in ethanol ): solid deep brown to black ...