Phyllophorus (Urodemella) arenicola Pawson & Miller 1992
Description
Phyllophorus (Urodemella) arenicola Pawson & Miller, 1992
Figure 19
Phyllophorus (Urodemella) occidentalis.—(in part) Miller & Pawson, 1984: 36. Not Phyllophorus (Urodemella) occidentalis (Ludwig, 1875)
Phyllophorus (Urodemella) arenicola Pawson & Miller, 1992: 483; Hendler et al. 1995: 273, figs. 150, 182 A, B, C.
Material examined. USNM E19258, off S.C., 32°54’00”N, 79°12’00”W, R/V Pierce Sta 2B, Feb. 12, 1977, 16m. USNM E19259, off S.C., 32°54'N, 79°12'W, R/V Pierce Sta 2B, Feb. 12, 1977, 16m. USNM E19258, off Georgia, 30°57’04”N, 79°58’01”W, R/V Pierce Sta 5H, Nov. 25, 1977, 92m. USNM E19706, off Florida, 29°27’59”N, 80°57’08”W, R/V Pierce Sta 7B, Nov. 27, 1977, 21m. USNM E19709, off Florida, 29°28’00”N, 80°57’09”W, R/V Pierce Sta 7B, Nov. 27, 1977, 21m. USNM E19710, off Florida, 29°28’00”N, 80°57’07”W, R/V Pierce Sta 7B, March 4, 1977, 21m. USNM E19712, off Florida, 29°27’59”N, 80°57’08”W, R/V Pierce Sta 7B, May 20, 1977, 20m, 2. USNM E19713, off Florida, 29°28’00”N, 80°57’08”W, R/V Pierce Sta 7B, Sept. 4, 1977, 20m, 2. USNM E19710, off Florida, 29°28’00”N, 80°57’08”W, R/V Pierce Sta 7B, Sept. 4, 1977, 20m. USNM E32254, off N.C., 33°48’18”N, 76°34’18”W, R/V Cape Hatteras Sta OS 0 5, Nov. 11, 1981, 100m. USNM E34104, off Florida, About 50.5 miles NE of St. Augustine Inlet, 30°11'N, 80°15'W, R/V Delaware II Sta 138, April 27, 1983, 64m, 3. USNM E34105, off Florida, 27°50’12”N, 80°00’12”W, R/V Delaware II Sta 0 0 9, May 18, 1984, 64m, 2. USNM E34106, off Florida, 30°31'N, 80°10'W, R/V Delaware II Sta 126, April 26, 1983, 64m, 4. USNM E34107, off Florida, 28°39’54”N, 80°25’24”W, R/V Delaware II Sta 0 65, May 20, 1984, 18.3m.
Diagnosis. Body U-shaped, approximately cylindrical, may exceed 30cm in length. Color uniform to variegated light reddish brown. Tentacles 20 in 2 rings, 5 large pairs in outer ring alternating with 5 small pairs in inner ring. Body wall ossicles square tables (66 µm in length), commonly with 4 to 8 perforations, of which 2 are larger than others; spire reduced to form 4 vertical projections. Introvert and tentacles with tables and rosettes.
Distribution. Gulf of Mexico, NC to E FL.
Habitat. sublittoral; offshore in soft sediment. 6– 158 m.
Remarks. Miller and Pawson (1984:36), in their discussion of Phyllophorus (Urodemella) occidentalis (Ludwig, 1875) from the Gulf of Mexico, noted that this species occurred off eastern Florida. Further study showed that the eastern Florida specimens represented a new species described later as Phyllophorus (Urodemella) arenicola Pawson & Miller, 1992.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Phyllophoridae
- Genus
- Phyllophorus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Dendrochirotida
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Scientific name authorship
- Pawson & Miller
- Species
- arenicola
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Phyllophorus (Urodemella) arenicola Pawson, 1992 sec. Pawson, Pawson & King, 2010
References
- Pawson, D. L. & J. E. Miller (1992) Phyllophorus (Urodemella) arenicola, a new sublittoral sea cucumber from the southeastern United States (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 105, 483 - 489.
- Miller, J. E. & D. L. Pawson (1984) Holothurians (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea). Memoirs of the Hourglass Cruises, 7 (Pt. 1), 1 - 79.
- Ludwig, H. (1875) Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Holothurien. Arbeiten aus dem Zoologisch-zootomisches Institut in Wurzburg, 2, 77 - 120.
- Hendler, G., J. E. Miller, D. L. Pawson & P. M. Kier (1995) Sea Stars, Sea Urchins and Allies. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington. xi + 390 pages.