Holothuria (Vaneyothuria) lentiginosa enodis Miller and Pawson, 1979

Pawson, David L., Pawson, Doris J. & King, Rachael A., 2010, A taxonomic guide to the Echinodermata of the South Atlantic Bight, USA: 1. Sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea), Zootaxa 2449, pp. 1-48 : 40

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Holothuria (Vaneyothuria) lentiginosa enodis Miller & Pawson, 1979: 912 .

Material examined. USNM E22849 View Materials , Florida, off E coast, 29°30'N, 80°11'W, R/V Combat, Sta 489, August 19,1957, 137m, 3. USNM E26373, Florida, off E coast, 27°32’48”N, 79°58’48”W, Johnson Sea, Sta 1429, August 15, 1977, 75m. USNM E29627, off N.C., 33°48’48”N, 76°34’ 24”W, R/VEastward, Sta OS05, March 4, 1981, 64m. USNM E32251, off N.C., 33°48’12”N, 76°34’24”W, R/VDan Moore, Sta OS05, May 14, 1981, 116m. USNM E34097, Florida, 54 Miles E, 29°50'N, 80°14'W, R/V Delaware II, Sta 146, April 27, 1983, 135.4m. SERTC 1042, off Anastasia Island, FL, 29º52.24'N, 80º16.94'W, 60 m, coll. MRRI Staff, August 31 2004.

Diagnosis. Body cylindrical, flattened ventrally, up to 50 cm long. Dorsally light to very dark brown with 2 longitudinal rows of 5–10 pairs of conspicuous dark brown blotches approximately 7–10 mm in diameter; ventrally usually white to light tan. Tables (45–100 µm) with slightly dentate to smooth discs, and buttons (45–105µm) present, the latter irregular, often incomplete, but seldom strongly contorted. Rods in tentacles with minute spines, often confined to extremities

Distribution. NC to E and W FL, southwest Cuba, Bahamas.

Habitat. Soft sediments around Oculina reefs. 69– 466 m.

Remarks. The species H. (Vaneyothuria) lentiginosa is amphi-Atlantic; in the eastern Atlantic it is known from the Azores and West Africa ( Miller and Pawson, 1979). The subspecies H. (V.) lentiginosa lentiginosa appears to be restricted to the western Atlantic.