Molpadia Cuvier, 1817

O'Loughlin, P. Mark, Skarbnik-López, Jessica, Mackenzie, Melanie & VandenSpiegel, Didier, 2015, Sea cucumbers of the Kerguelen Plateau, with descriptions of new genus and species (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea), Memoirs of Museum Victoria 73, pp. 59-93 : 87

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.24199/j.mmv.2015.73.07

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12213645

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039B87A1-FFA8-C747-FF27-FBEAFEC1FAC5

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Molpadia Cuvier, 1817
status

 

Molpadia Cuvier, 1817 View in CoL

Diagnosis ( Pawson 1977). Calcareous deposits include tables, anchors, and rosettes of racquet-shaped plates and large fusiform rods in various combinations. Tail deposits tables or fusiform rods. Phosphatic deposits present or absent.

Type species. Molpadia musculus Risso, 1826 (type locality Mediterranean Sea).

Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF