Mesothuria parva ( Théel, 1886 ), Theel, 1886

Samyn, Yves & Vandenspiegel, Didier, 2016, Sublittoral and bathyal sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) from the Northern Mozambique Channel with description of six new species, Zootaxa 4196 (4), pp. 451-497 : 471

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4196.4.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:80863DAE-C9E4-466D-9E27-AD938E826D4A

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5699608

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6C2D2414-907B-A030-FF79-FA0EB2FBF892

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scientific name

Mesothuria parva ( Théel, 1886 )
status

 

Mesothuria parva ( Théel, 1886)

( Fig. 13 View FIGURE 13 A – B)

Holothuria murrayi var. parva Théel, 1886: 186 , pl. 9, fig. 2, pl 16, figs 4 & 5 Mesothuria parva ; Cherbonnier & Féral, 1981 (records); Thandar 1992: 161, figs 1 & 6A Mesothuria deani Mitsikuri, 1912: 40 – 42, textfig. 9

Material examined. Non-type material: IE-2007-813 (3 specimens, sampled in front of Nazendry Bay ); IE-2007- 775 (3 specimens, collected in front of Nazendry Bay)

Remarks. This well-known species is a new record for Madagascar. The closest previous record is from Sodwana Bay in South Africa ( Thandar, 1992).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Echinodermata

Class

Holothuroidea

Order

Aspidochirotida

Family

Mesothuriidae

Genus

Mesothuria

Loc

Mesothuria parva ( Théel, 1886 )

Samyn, Yves & Vandenspiegel, Didier 2016
2016
Loc

Holothuria murrayi var. parva Théel, 1886 : 186

Thandar 1992: 161
Mitsikuri 1912: 40
Theel 1886: 186
1886
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