New Prototrochus species of sea cucumber from Australia (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Synaptida: Myriotrochidae)

P Mark O'Loughlin; Hugh MacIntosh

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3995.1.22

New Prototrochus species of sea cucumber from Australia (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Synaptida: Myriotrochidae)

Zootaxa. 2015 Aug 5:3995:264-70. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3995.1.22.

Authors

P Mark O'Loughlin¹, Hugh MacIntosh²

Affiliations

¹ Marine Biology Section, Museum Victoria, GPO Box 666, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia.; Email: pmoloughlin@edmundrice.org.
² Marine Biology Section, Museum Victoria, GPO Box 666, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia.; Email: unknown.

PMID: 26250318
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3995.1.22

Abstract

The case put by Alexey Smirnov in 2012 is accepted and the order name Synaptida Cuénot is adopted in place of Apodida Brandt. Two new Myriotrochidae Théel species from the continental slope of Australia are described: Prototrochus robbinsae sp. nov. and Prototrochus roniae sp. nov. A key to the six Australasian species of Prototrochus Beljaev & Mironov and a distribution and depth map are provided.

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animal Structures / anatomy & histology
Animal Structures / growth & development
Animals
Australia
Body Size
Organ Size
Sea Cucumbers / anatomy & histology
Sea Cucumbers / classification*
Sea Cucumbers / growth & development