Amphigymnas woodmasoni ( Walsh, 1891 )

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 : 474

Amphigymnas woodmasoni ( Walsh, 1891)

( Fig. 15 A – B)

Pannychia Wood-Masoni Walsh, 1891: 198 – 199.

Synallactes Wood-Masoni ; Koehler & Vaney, 1905: 14 – 16, pl 9, figs 26 – 30. Amphigymnas multipes Walsh, 1891: 199 .

Synallactes reticulatus Sluiter, 1901: 46 – 48, pl.3, figs 1 – 2, pl. 8, fig 9.

Material examined. Non-type material: IE-2007-798 (1 specimen, sampled in front of Mahajambe Bay ). Remarks. In the Indian Ocean this species was hitherto known only from the Andaman Sea. This new record for Madagascar thus is a considerable range extension.

Figures

FIGURE 15. Amphigymnas woodmasoni (Walsh, 1891). A: dorsal view of specimen IE- 2007 - 798, B: SEM view of ossicles from the body wall. Scale bars: A = 1 cm; B = 50 µm.