Cucumella triperforata Thandar & Arumugam, 2011

Thandar, Ahmed S., 2018, On some miscellaneous sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) in the collections of the South African Museum with three new species, Zootaxa 4532 (1), pp. 57-85 : 73

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4532.1.3

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A6128B92-0B20-4D4D-AE8B-483D39BB2C04

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3511381

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2A0887A5-990F-5E32-BCF8-FBF7FF02F9C9

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Plazi

scientific name

Cucumella triperforata Thandar & Arumugam, 2011
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Cucumella triperforata Thandar & Arumugam, 2011

( Figure 12 View FIGURE 12 )

Cucumella triperforata Thandar & Arumugam, 2011:42 View Cited Treatment , 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. GoogleMaps 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. GoogleMaps 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 View FIGURE 11 ) which are conspicuously larger than the rest and the discs of the body wall tables are consistently trilocular ( Figure 11B View FIGURE 11 ). 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.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Echinodermata

Class

Holothuroidea

Order

Dendrochirotida

Family

Cucumariidae

Genus

Cucumella

Loc

Cucumella triperforata Thandar & Arumugam, 2011

Thandar, Ahmed S. 2018
2018
Loc

Cucumella triperforata

Thandar, A. S. & Arumugam, P. 2011: 42
2011
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