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Mesothuria
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Mesothuria oktaknemus Sluiter, 1901
(Fig. 11 A – D)
Mesothuria oktaknemus Sluiter, 1901; Féral & Cherbonnier, 1981: 373,fig. 10A – J. Mesothuria (Allantis) oktaknemus; Heding, 1940: 333.
Material examined. Non-type material: IE-2007-754(2) (1 specimen, sampled around Majumga); IE-2007-760 (1 specimen, collected between Majunga & Cape Saint-André); IE-2007-777 (1 specimen, around Majumga); IE 2007-778(4) (3 specimens, collected around Majumga); IE-2007-804 (3 specimens, sampled between Majunga & Cape Saint-André).
Remarks. The present record extends the distribution of this species from the Indo-West Pacific Ocean to the East Indian Ocean.
Notes
Published as part of Samyn, Yves & Vandenspiegel, Didier, 2016, Sublittoral and bathyal sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) from the Northern Mozambique Channel with description of six new species, pp. 451-497 in Zootaxa 4196 (4) on page 469, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4196.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/168273
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Order
- Aspidochirotida
- Family
- Mesothuriidae
- Genus
- Mesothuria
- Taxon rank
- genus
References
- Sluiter C. P. (1901) Die Holothurien der Siboga-Expedition. Siboga - Expeditie. Monograph, 44, 1 - 142,11 plates.
- Heding, S. G. (1940) Die Holothurien der Deutchsen Tiefsee Expedition II. Aspidochirote und Elasipod Formen. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee Expedition auf dem Damfer Valdivia 1898 - 1899, 24, 317 - 375.