Cladolella virgo Heding & Panning, 1954

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Cladolella virgo Heding & Panning, 1954

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Material examined. Holotype: Off Doelah , Moluccas, Indonesia 50 m, 1.IV. 1922, 60 mm length ( ZMUC – HOL 256 ).

Redescription. Body U–shaped; tube feet restricted to radii in double rows ( Fig. 10a ). Color, in ethanol, beige. 20 dendritic tentacles arranged in 2 circles (10 + 10): 10 in outer circle and 10 smaller in inner circle ( Fig. 10b ). Two Polian vesicles ( Fig. 10c ). Radial and interradial plates of calcareous ring fused. Radial plates subdivided, rectangular, with posterior projection and 2 AP ( Fig. 10d ). Interradial plates arrow shaped. Radial and interradial plates lacking posterior processes ( Fig. 10d ). Body wall ossicles as rods, stellate at one end (with about six projections) and twelve at the other end ( Fig. 10e ). Tube feet with two–pillared tables, arched disc, and end plate.

Remarks. The opportunity of examining the holotype is taken to provide a photograph of the general aspect of the body ( Fig. 10a ) and calcareous ring ( Fig. 10c ).

Figures

FIGURE 10. Cladolella virgo Heding & Panning, 1954, (ZMUC-HOL 256). (a) specimen in dorsal view; (b) muscular system; (c) photograph of the calcareous ring in lateral view; (d) drawing of the calcareous ring (extracted from Heding & Panning, 1954 and (e) rods from body wall. Abbreviations: PV, Polian vesicle; AP, anterior projection.