Pseudostichopus hyalegerus Sluiter, 1901

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 : 478-479

publication ID

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

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5107236

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scientific name

Pseudostichopus hyalegerus Sluiter, 1901
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Pseudostichopus hyalegerus Sluiter, 1901

( Fig. 19)

Meseres hyalegerus Sluiter, 1901: 12 .

Pseudostichopus hyalegerus ( Sluiter, 1901) : O’Loughlin & Ahearn, 2005: 170, 10a, 12n – p (synonymy and records before 2005).

Material examined. Non-type material: IE-2007-793 (4 specimens, dredged between Nosy-Bé and Banc du Leven); IE-2007-796 (2 specimens, dredged between Nosy-Bé and Banc du Leven); IE-2007-799 (3 specimens, dredged between Nosy-Bé and Banc du Leven); IE-2007-800 (1 specimen, dredged between Nosy-Bé and Banc du Leven); IE-2007-802 (18 2 specimens, dredged between Nosy-Bé and Banc du Leven); IE-2007-805 (1 specimen, dredged in front of Nazendry Bay ); IE-2007-807 (4 specimens, dredged between Nosy-Bé and Banc du Leven).

Remarks. This species is characterized by having the body wall lacking ossicles, but covered by molluscs, sponge ossicles and foraminiferans (fig. 18).

To date, Pseudostichopus hyalegerus was known only from Japan, Eastern Australia and Indonesia ( O’Loughlin, 2002; O’Loughlin & Ahearn, 2005), this record extends its range into the Indian Ocean.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Echinodermata

Class

Holothuroidea

Order

Aspidochirotida

Family

Synallactidae

Genus

Pseudostichopus

Loc

Pseudostichopus hyalegerus Sluiter, 1901

Samyn, Yves & Vandenspiegel, Didier 2016
2016
Loc

Pseudostichopus hyalegerus (

Ahearn 2005: 170
2005
Loc

Meseres hyalegerus

Sluiter 1901: 12
1901
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