Psolidiella mollis (Ludwig and Heding)

O'Loughlin, P. Mark, Eichler, John, Altoff, Leon, Falconer, Audrey, Mackenzie, Melanie, Whitfield, Emily & Rowley, Chris, 2009, Observations of reproductive strategies for some dendrochirotid holothuroids (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida), Memoirs of Museum Victoria 66 (2), pp. 215-220 : 217

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.24199/j.mmv.2009.66.19
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10878998
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E7310E6C-231D-1028-29C2-F98D0407B55A
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Psolidiella mollis (Ludwig and Heding)
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Brood-protection by Psolidiella mollis (Ludwig and Heding) View in CoL

Psolidiella mollis (Ludwig & Heding, 1935) is an additional species of Antarctic dendrochirotid holothuroid that broodprotects in marsupia (see Table 1 View Table 1 ). Males have a long genital papilla ( NMV F157414 About NMV ), and females have up to five anterior interradial internal marsupia (fig. 3a; NMV F104865 About NMV ). One female from Bouvet Island (fig. 3b; NMV F104882 About NMV ) has 46 and 60 differentiated embryos (3–4 mm long) in each of two marsupia, and 52, 53, and 60 undifferentiated eggs or embryos (1.3 mm long) in each of three marsupia, evidence of two fertilization events .