Cucumella triperforata Thandar & Arumugam, 2011

Thandar, Ahmed S., 2018, On some miscellaneous sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) in the collections of the South African Museum with three new species, Zootaxa 4532 (1), pp. 57-85 : 73

Cucumella triperforata Thandar & Arumugam, 2011

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Cucumella triperforata Thandar & Arumugam, 2011:42 , fig. 1–3.

Diagnosis (see Thandar & Arumugam 2011).

Material examined. SAMC-A 090919 SM232 , off Port St. Johns , Eastern Cape Province, 32°10.9’ S, 29°10.4’ E, 560–620 m, heavy dredge, 25. VI.1979, 3 spec.; SM236 , off Transkei coast, Eastern cape Province, 32°14.03’ S, 29°11.06’ E, heavy dredge, 660–670 m, 25. VI.1979, 1 spec.

Distribution. Off Port St. Johns- East London area, Eastern Cape Province, 560– 775 m.

Remarks. This species was described by Thandar & Arumugam (2011) and was distinguished by the presence of two anal papillae ( Figure 11 A ) which are conspicuously larger than the rest and the discs of the body wall tables are consistently trilocular ( Figure 11B ). At 560–620 m this species was collected together with Psolidothuria yasmeena and Stereoderma mohammedi and at 660–670 m together only with the latter species and a young heart urchin.

Figures

FIGURE 11. Temparena chuni (Ludwig & Heding, 1935). SAMC-A090918. A & B. Specimen (entire); C. Plates from dorsal body wall; D. Dorsal tube feet rods; E. Tables from dorsal surface; F. Plates from ventral body wall; G. Ventral tube feet rods; H. Tables from ventral surface; I. Ventral surface tube feet end-plate, J. Tentacle rods.

FIGURE 12. Cucumella triperforata Thandar & Arumugam, 2011. SAMC-A090919. A. Specimen (entire); B. Body wall ossicles; C. End-plates from tube feet.