Psolus Oken 1815

Psolus Oken, 1815 Diagnosis. Species of Psolidae with large imbricating or contiguous dorsal and lateral scales; ventro-lateral scales at margin clearly demarcated from thin sole that lacks conspicuous scales; tube feet absent dorsally and laterally, except sometimes present orally and anally. Remar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: O'Loughlin, Mark, Whitfield, Emily
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 2010
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Echinodermata
Holothuroidea
Dendrochirotida
Psolidae
Psolus
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/6196613
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6196613
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Summary:Psolus Oken, 1815 Diagnosis. Species of Psolidae with large imbricating or contiguous dorsal and lateral scales; ventro-lateral scales at margin clearly demarcated from thin sole that lacks conspicuous scales; tube feet absent dorsally and laterally, except sometimes present orally and anally. Remarks. In their key to genera of Psolidae, O’Loughlin & Maric 2008 stated that the conspicuous dorsal and lateral scales of species of Psolus lacked calcareous towers. A close dorsal and lateral cover of apically spinous towers on the scales is the diagnostically distinctive character of one of the new species described below. The diagnosis in O’Loughlin & Maric 2008 has been appropriately emended here. Published as part of O'Loughlin, Mark & Whitfield, Emily, 2010, New species of Psolus Oken from Antarctica (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Psolidae), pp. 61-68 in Zootaxa 2528 on page 62, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.294189

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