Molpadia Cuvier, 1817

O'Loughlin, P. Mark, Skarbnik-López, Jessica, Mackenzie, Melanie & VandenSpiegel, Didier, 2015, Sea cucumbers of the Kerguelen Plateau, with descriptions of new genus and species (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea), Memoirs of Museum Victoria 73, pp. 59-93 : 87

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https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2015.73.07

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12213645

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scientific name

Molpadia Cuvier, 1817
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Diagnosis ( Pawson 1977). Calcareous deposits include tables, anchors, and rosettes of racquet-shaped plates and large fusiform rods in various combinations. Tail deposits tables or fusiform rods. Phosphatic deposits present or absent.

Type species. Molpadia musculus Risso, 1826 ( type locality Mediterranean Sea).

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