Gebrukothuria profundus, a new genus and species of laetmogonid holothurian (Elasipodida, Laetmogonidae) from around the Crozet Plateau in the Southern Indian Ocean
Gebrukothuria profundus, a new genus and species of laetmogonid holothurian (Elasipodida, Laetmogonidae) from around the Crozet Plateau in the Southern Indian Ocean
A new genus and species of laetmogonid holothurian (Elasipodida, Laetmogonidae), collected from around the Crozet
Plateau in the Southern Indian Ocean, is described. It differs from other members of the family in that the body wall lacks
the wheel-shaped calcareous deposits completely. Instead only rods are present. The genus is also distinguished by the
combination of other morphological characters lacking in other known genera: absence of circum-oral and ventrolateral
papillae together with development of midventral tube feet. All other members of the family Laetmogonidae are known
to have wheel-shaped deposits, therefore diagnosis of the family is refined.
Laetmogonidae, Holothuroidea, deep sea
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Rogacheva, Antonina
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Cross, Ian A.
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Billett, David S.M.
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2009
Rogacheva, Antonina
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Cross, Ian A.
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Billett, David S.M.
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Rogacheva, Antonina, Cross, Ian A. and Billett, David S.M.
(2009)
Gebrukothuria profundus, a new genus and species of laetmogonid holothurian (Elasipodida, Laetmogonidae) from around the Crozet Plateau in the Southern Indian Ocean.
Zootaxa, 2096, .
(doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2096.1.29).
Abstract
A new genus and species of laetmogonid holothurian (Elasipodida, Laetmogonidae), collected from around the Crozet
Plateau in the Southern Indian Ocean, is described. It differs from other members of the family in that the body wall lacks
the wheel-shaped calcareous deposits completely. Instead only rods are present. The genus is also distinguished by the
combination of other morphological characters lacking in other known genera: absence of circum-oral and ventrolateral
papillae together with development of midventral tube feet. All other members of the family Laetmogonidae are known
to have wheel-shaped deposits, therefore diagnosis of the family is refined.
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Published date: 2009
Keywords:
Laetmogonidae, Holothuroidea, deep sea
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Local EPrints ID: 71878
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/71878
ISSN: 1175-5334
PURE UUID: 00a7db79-cf7c-43e3-a9a5-4126e11d020c
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Date deposited: 07 Jan 2010
Last modified: 13 Mar 2024 20:49
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Antonina Rogacheva
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Ian A. Cross
Author:
David S.M. Billett
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