Pseudrotasfer, Bohn, Jens Michael, 2007

Bohn, Jens Michael, 2007, Pseudrotasfer microincubator gen. et spec. nov., a brooding cucumariid holothurian (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida) from the Burdwood Bank (south-western Atlantic Ocean), Zootaxa 1662, pp. 61-68 : 63

Genus Pseudrotasfer gen. nov.

Diagnosis. Tentacles dendritic, 10, two ventral considerably smaller. Tube feet restricted to radii; dorsal radii devoid of tube feet except for a single small tube foot close to tentacles and next to anus; ventrolateral radii likewise with a single small tube foot close to tentacles; large tube feet demarcate ventral sole, in single radial rows in ventrolateral radii and in double row in midventral radius. Calcareous ring simple, without posterior processes. Ossicles of body wall of two types, scattered large smooth perforated plates in deeper layer and shallow baskets in a dense upper layer; baskets resemble four-spoked wheels with centrally broadened “hub” armed with outward-pointing teeth, undulating rim connecting “spokes” armed with inward-pointing teeth.

Type species. Pseudrotasfer microincubator sp. nov.

Etymology. The epithet Pseudrotasfer (gender male) refers to the wheel-like baskets of the body wall, characteristic of this genus.