Thyone crassidisca Pawson and Miller 1981

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 : 27-28

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.195134
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6208495
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scientific name	Thyone crassidisca Pawson and Miller 1981
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Thyone crassidisca Pawson and Miller 1981 View in CoL

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Thyone crassidisca Pawson and Miller, 1981: 400 View in CoL , figs. 1, 2B, 4; Miller and Pawson, 1984: 37, figs.29, 30.

Material examined. USNM E21113 View Materials , Florida, E of New Smyrna Beach, 30°00'N, 80°52'W, R/V Gosnold, Sta 621, Aug. 16, 1974, 27m. USNM E19453 View Materials , off S.C., 32°05'N, 79°38'W, R/V Pierce, Sta 3D, Feb. 17, 1977, 33m. USNM E19533 View Materials , off Georgia., 31°03'N, 80°26'W, R/V Pierce, Sta 5E, Feb. 26, 1977, 34m. USNM E19534 View Materials , off Georgia., 31°01'N, 80°17'W, R/V Pierce, Sta 5F, Aug. 30, 1977, 40m, 2. USNM E19535 View Materials , off Georgia., 31°01’N, 80°17'W, R/V Pierce, Sta 5F, Nov. 24, 1977, 40m. USNM E19573 View Materials , off Georgia., 30°59'N, 80°08'W, R/V Pierce, Sta 5G, July 16, 1979, 20m. USNM E19704 View Materials , off Florida, 29°28'N, 80°57'W, R/V Pierce, Sta 7B, July 16, 1979, 34m. USNM E19705 View Materials , off Florida., 29°28'N, 80°57'W, R/V Pierce, Sta 7B, May 21, 1977, 20m. USNM E20287 View Materials , off Florida., 29°34'N, 80°22'W, R/V Pierce, Sta 7D, Nov. 27, 1977, 44m. USNM E22484 View Materials , N.C., 33°57’30”N, 77°01'W, R/V Silver Bay Sta 1695, Feb. 29, 1960, 35m. USNM E41653, S.C., 32°29’06”N, 78°49’06”W, R/V Oregon Sta OS06, August 6, 1981, 54m.

Diagnosis. Body fusiform, up to 60 mm long, tapering toward bluntly rounded ends. Color whitish to light brown, with darker patches. Feet numerous, scattered over entire body; strongly contracted in preserved specimens. Tentacles 10, ventral pair smaller. Body wall tables (70–110 μm) with 4 perforations and spire terminating in single blunt spine.

Distribution. NC to FL, Eastern Gulf of Mexico.

Habitat. Quartz sand and crushed shell. 6– 45 m.

Remarks. Nothing is known of the biology of this species.