Sclerodactyla multipes (Théel, 1886)

(Fig. 26 A – C)

Cucumaria multipes Théel, 1886: 72, pl. 4, fig. 4.

Sclerodactyla multipes; Panning 1949: 459; Liao, 1997: 177 (records before 1997) Material examined. Non-type material: IE-2007-763 (1 specimen sampled between Majunga and Cape Saint André) ; IE-2007-767 (1 specimen sampled between Majunga and Cape Saint André) ;

Remarks. According to Panning (1949) Sclerodactyla holds three species: S. briareus (Lesueur, 1824), S. multipes (Théel, 1886) and S. longipeda (Semper, 1868) . It is puzzling that Heding & Paning (1954) transferred S. longipeda (Semper, 1868), with its 10 tentacles according to the original description, to Phyllophourus ( Phyllophorella) Heding & Panning, 1954, which has 20 (15+5) tentacles.