Pentamera Ayres, 1852

Prata, Jessica & Christoffersen, Martin L., 2016, A new species of Pentamera Ayres, 1852 from the Brazilian coast (Holothuroidea, Dendrochirotida, Phyllophoridae), ZooKeys 634, pp. 1-14 : 2

Taxon classification Animalia Dendrochirotida Phyllophoridae

Genus Pentamera Ayres, 1852

Diagnosis.

Small to medium sized. Ten tentacles, with two ventral ones smaller. Tube feet only in the radii, elongated, slightly retractile. Calcareous ring with moderate to long posterior processes. Body wall with tables of two pillars or derivatives of these, sometimes accompanied by plates. Tube feet with large endplates and curved supporting tables varying from low to high spire. Tentacles with rods, plates or rosettes (modified after Deichmann 1941, Lambert 1998).

Remarks.

The diagnosis has been modified to include the new species and the fact that the type and some other species have plates in the body wall in addition to tables. Pentamera paraibanensis sp. n. has posterior processes of medium size and rosettes in the tentacles.