Sclerodactyla multipes ( 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 : 486-487

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.

Figures

FIGURE 26. Sclerodactyla multipes (Théel, 1868). A: Lateral view of specimen IE- 2007 - 767; B – C: SEM photos of ossicles from introvert (B) and dorsal body wall (C). Scale bars: A = 1 cm; B = 20 µm; C = 50 µm.