Stolus

Thandar, Ahmed S., 2006, New species and new records of dendrochirotid and dactylochirotid holothuroids (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) from off the east coast of South Africa, Zootaxa 1245, pp. 1-51 : 13

Stolus cf pseudoalbescens Thandar, 2005

Stolus cf pseudoalbescens Thandar, 2005:119 , fig. 2, 3B.

Previous record

Off KwaZulu­Natal, South Africa (see Thandar 2005).

Additional record

SAM — A27899 , South of Umlaas River, 30 0.8’ S, 31 2.6’ E, R.V. ‘Meiring Naude’, St. XX 73, 10.vii. 1985, 100 m., 1 spec.

Distribution

Only known from the east coast of South Africa, 85– 103 m.

Habitat

Fine muddy sand, shell debris.

Remarks

The above 10 specimens of Stolus pseudoalbescens , contained in the ‘Meiring Naude’ material received from the SAM, were collected with the type material of the species from the Natal Museum (see Thandar 2005:117, 119). While nine of the specimens are clearly identical with S. pseudoalbescens , one is without tubercles on the skin and referable to S. cf. pseudoalbescens also described in the same paper. Hence another description of the species is unnecessary.