Pentamera paraibanensis Prata & Christoffersen, 2016

Prata, Jéssica, Manso, Cynthia Lara De Castro & Christoffersen, Martin Lindsey, 2020, Dendrochirotida (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) from the northeastern coast of Brazil, Zootaxa 4755 (3), pp. 401-453 : 416

Pentamera paraibanensis Prata & Christoffersen, 2016

Pentamera paraibanensis Prata & Christoffersen, 2016: 6–8 , figs 1–3.

Pentamera pulcherrima: Gondim et al. 2014: 91 .

Cucumaria pulcherrima: Gondim et al. 2011: 7 .

Material examined. Paraíba State, Brazil: 6 spec., João Pessoa , 659’01”S; 3447’23”W ( UFPB.ECH-2088), 100 spec., ( UFPB.ECH-141); 4 spec., João Pessoa , 659’00”S; 3446’41”W ( UFPB.ECH-1684); 86 spec., João Pessoa , 701’02”S; 3447’55”W, ( UFPB.ECH-145); 2 spec., João Pessoa , 701’00”S; 3446’02”W, ( UFPB.ECH-149); 165 spec., João Pessoa , 703’50”S; 3447’19”W, ( UFPB.ECH-140), 400 spec. 703’50”S; 3447’19”W ( UFPB.ECH-143); 31 spec., João Pessoa , 703’48”S; 3445’10”W ( UFPB.ECH-150); 31 spec., João Pessoa , 703’49”S; 3443’12”W ( UFPB.ECH-153); 42 spec., João Pessoa , 704’24.4”S; 3447’49”W, 6 m ( UFPB.ECH-204); 23 spec., João Pessoa , 707’25.2”S; 346’35.0”W ( UFPB.ECH-858); 1 spec., João Pessoa , 78’28.836”S; 3446’34.118”W ( UFPB. ECH-857); 1 spec., João Pessoa , 703’49”S; 3447’19”W ( UFPB.ECH-2087); 1 spec., Picãozinho, North Point , João Pessoa , ( UFPB.ECH-205); 1 spec., João Pessoa , 743’09”S; 3445’00”W ( UFPB.ECH-2072); 1 spec., Coqueirinho Beach, Conde , ( UFPB.ECH-2068); 1 spec., João Pessoa , 0707’00”S; 3443’54”W ( UFPB.ECH-2059); 5 spec., João Pessoa , 0705’05”S; 3444’21”W, 12m, ( UFPB.ECH-2053); 1 spec., Reefs in front of the Yacht Club , Bessa Beach , João Pessoa ( UFPB.ECH-2057); 50 spec., João Pessoa , 705’01”S; 3447’56”W ( UFPB.ECH-2049), 15 spec., João Pessoa ( UFPB.ECH-2052).

Type locality. 705’01″S; 3447’56″W, João Pessoa, Paraíba State, Brazil ( Prata & Christoffersen 2016).

Diagnosis. Small body, reaching 7 mm, anterior and posterior ends slightly upturned. Color brown in life and in alcohol, tube feet light brown to white. Tube feet only in the radii. Tentacles 10, branched, two ventral ones smaller. Skin thin, smooth. Body wall ossicles comprise oval tables (± 64 µm long) with four central holes, sometimes more elongated and also with smaller holes marginally and smooth multilocular plates; spire low, with two short pillars ending in two to three blunt teeth. Tube feet with support tables of variable height, supporting plates, and endplates. Introvert with rosettes. Tentacles with rosettes and rods ( Prata & Christoffersen 2016).

Geographical distribution. Coast of Paraíba, Brazil ( Prata & Christoffersen 2016).