Pentacta tesselara Cherbonnier, 1970

Samyn, Yves & Vandenspiegel, Didier, 2016, Sublittoral and bathyal sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) from the Northern Mozambique Channel with description of six new species, Zootaxa 4196 (4), pp. 451-497 : 484

Pentacta tesselara Cherbonnier, 1970

( Fig. 24 A – D)

Pentacta tesselara Cherbonnier, 1970: 282 , fig. 2 A – O; Thandar, 1991: 123, fig. 8 A – J; Samyn, 2003: 125 (distribution) Colochirus minutus ; Macnae & Kalk, 1958: 130 (non Ludwig, 1875)

Plesiocolochirus tesselara ; Thandar, 2006: 30, fig. 10

Material examined. Non-type material: IE-2007-814 (3 specimens, sampled in Mahajamba Bay) Remarks. Hitherto this species was known from only from the shallow-waters of southern Mozambique ( Macnae & Kalk, 1958) and the East coast of South Africa (Cherbonnier, 1970, Thandar, 1991, 2006). The present records, sampled at 257 m depth in the Northern Mozambique Channel are thus considerable latitudinal and bathymetric range extensions.

Figures

FIGURE 24. Pentacta tesselara Cherbonnier, 1970. A: External view of specimen IE- 2007 - 814; B – D: SEM photos of ossicles from the tentacles (B) and dorsal body wall (C, D). Scale bars: A = 1 cm; B = 50 µm; C = 100 µm; D = 20 µm.