Published August 30, 2024 | Version v1

Fig. 23 in Understanding the color variability and resolving taxonomic confusion in the sea cucumber Isostichopus badionotus (Echinodermata, Holothuroidea): a revision of the genus Isostichopus

  • 1. Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia. & Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras - Invemar, Calle 25 No. 2-55, Playa Salguero, Rodadero, Santa Marta, Colombia. & Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute - STRI, BOX 0843-03092, Balboa, Panama.
  • 2. Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510, Ciudad de Mexico, México.
  • 3. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute - STRI, BOX 0843-03092, Balboa, Panama.

Description

Fig. 23. Isostichopus macroparentheses (Clark, 1922), ossicles (specimen USNM E47524, 135 mm long). A. Thin C-shaped rods, tables, perforated plates, and large rods from the dorsal body wall and papillae. B. Tables, perforated plates, large rods and end plate from the ventral body wall and tube feet. C. Rods from tentacles. D. Rods from longitudinal muscles. E. Rods and C-shaped rods from the cloaca. F. Tridimensional sphere and straight rods from respiratory trees. G. Cross-shaped ossicles from intestine. Photos by G. Borrero.

Notes

Published as part of Borrero-Pérez, Giomar H., Solís-Marín, Francisco A. & Lessios, Harilaos, 2024, Understanding the color variability and resolving taxonomic confusion in the sea cucumber Isostichopus badionotus (Echinodermata, Holothuroidea): a revision of the genus Isostichopus, pp. 1-96 in European Journal of Taxonomy 949 (1) on page 78, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.949.2641, http://zenodo.org/record/13710645

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