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Cucumella triperforata Thandar & Arumugam 2011

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Description

Cucumella triperforata Thandar & Arumugam, 2011

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Cucumella triperforata Thandar & Arumugam, 2011:42, fig. 1–3.

Diagnosis (see Thandar & Arumugam 2011).

Material examined. SAMC-A 090919 SM232, off Port St. Johns, Eastern Cape Province, 32°10.9’ S, 29°10.4’ E, 560–620 m, heavy dredge, 25. VI.1979, 3 spec.; SM236, off Transkei coast, Eastern cape Province, 32°14.03’ S, 29°11.06’ E, heavy dredge, 660–670 m, 25. VI.1979, 1 spec.

Distribution. Off Port St. Johns- East London area, Eastern Cape Province, 560– 775 m.

Remarks. This species was described by Thandar & Arumugam (2011) and was distinguished by the presence of two anal papillae (Figure 11 A) which are conspicuously larger than the rest and the discs of the body wall tables are consistently trilocular (Figure 11B). At 560–620 m this species was collected together with Psolidothuria yasmeena and Stereoderma mohammedi and at 660–670 m together only with the latter species and a young heart urchin.

Notes

Published as part of Thandar, Ahmed S., 2018, On some miscellaneous sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) in the collections of the South African Museum with three new species, pp. 57-85 in Zootaxa 4532 (1) on page 73, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4532.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/2615023

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Biodiversity

Collection code
SAMC-A , SM
Material sample ID
SAMC-A090919 , SM232 , SM236
Event date
1979-06-25
Verbatim event date
1979-06-25
Scientific name authorship
Thandar & Arumugam
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Echinodermata
Order
Dendrochirotida
Family
Cucumariidae
Genus
Cucumella
Species
triperforata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Cucumella triperforata Thandar, 2011 sec. Thandar, 2018

References

  • Thandar, A. S. & Arumugam, P. (2011) A new family within the Holothuroid order Dactylochirotida with description of a new species from South Africa and comments on the dendorochirotid genus Neoamphicyclus Hickman, 1962 and the molopadid genus Cherbonniera Sibuet, 1974 (Echinodermata). Zootaxa, 2971, 40 - 48.