Peniagone crozeti, a new species of elasipodid holothurian from abyssal depths off the Crozet Islands in the Southern Indian Ocean
Peniagone crozeti, a new species of elasipodid holothurian from abyssal depths off the Crozet Islands in the Southern Indian Ocean
Material collected from the RRS Discovery Cruise 300 to the Crozet Islands contained a new species of elasipodid
holothurian Peniagone crozeti sp. nov. This new species dominated the megafauna at an abyssal site to the east of the
islands under an area of high surface productivity, but was found in low abundance at a site located south of the islands
under a high nutrient low chlorophyll regime, typical for many areas in the Southern Ocean. Peniagone crozeti differs
from other members of the genus by the shape of its calcareous deposits.
Elpidiidae, Elasipodida, Holothuroidea, taxonomy
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Cross, Ian A.
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Gebruk, Andrey
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Rogacheva, Antonina
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Billett, David S.M.
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2009
Cross, Ian A.
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Gebruk, Andrey
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Rogacheva, Antonina
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Billett, David S.M.
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Cross, Ian A., Gebruk, Andrey, Rogacheva, Antonina and Billett, David S.M.
(2009)
Peniagone crozeti, a new species of elasipodid holothurian from abyssal depths off the Crozet Islands in the Southern Indian Ocean.
Zootaxa, 2096, .
Abstract
Material collected from the RRS Discovery Cruise 300 to the Crozet Islands contained a new species of elasipodid
holothurian Peniagone crozeti sp. nov. This new species dominated the megafauna at an abyssal site to the east of the
islands under an area of high surface productivity, but was found in low abundance at a site located south of the islands
under a high nutrient low chlorophyll regime, typical for many areas in the Southern Ocean. Peniagone crozeti differs
from other members of the genus by the shape of its calcareous deposits.
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Published date: 2009
Keywords:
Elpidiidae, Elasipodida, Holothuroidea, taxonomy
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Local EPrints ID: 71879
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/71879
ISSN: 1175-5334
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Date deposited: 07 Jan 2010
Last modified: 10 Dec 2021 16:37
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Author:
Ian A. Cross
Author:
Andrey Gebruk
Author:
Antonina Rogacheva
Author:
David S.M. Billett
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