Zygothuria marginata ( Sluiter, 1901 )

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 : 472-474

Zygothuria marginata ( Sluiter, 1901)

( Fig. 14 A – C)

Mesothuria marginata Sluiter, 1901: 26 , pl 8, fig. 4; Liao, 1997: 75, fig. 40.

Mesothuria (Monothuria) marginata ; Heding, 1940: 341, textfig. 8.

Zygothuria marginata ; Perrier 1902: 331; Gebruk et al. 2012: 326 , fig. 18.

Material examined. Non-type material: IE-2007-778(2) (2 specimens, sampled in front of Majumga); IE-2007- 783 (1 specimen, sampled in front of Majumga).

Remarks. This record is the first for the Indian Ocean.

Figures

FIGURE 14. Zygothuria marginata (Sluiter, 1901). A: External views of specimens IE- 2007 - 778 (2); B – C: SEM photos of ossicles from tentacles (B) and body wall (C). Scale bars: A = 1 cm; B = 100 µm; C = 20 µm.