Cucumella triperforata Thandar & Arumugam 2011

Main Author: Thandar, Ahmed S.
Format: info publication-taxonomictreatment eJournal
Terbitan: , 2018
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Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/3511381
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  • Cucumella triperforata Thandar & Arumugam, 2011 (Figure 12) Cucumella triperforata Thandar & Arumugam, 2011:42, fig. 1–3. Diagnosis (see Thandar & Arumugam 2011). Material examined. SAMC-A 090919 SM232, off Port St. Johns, Eastern Cape Province, 32°10.9’ S, 29°10.4’ E, 560–620 m, heavy dredge, 25. VI.1979, 3 spec.; SM236, off Transkei coast, Eastern cape Province, 32°14.03’ S, 29°11.06’ E, heavy dredge, 660–670 m, 25. VI.1979, 1 spec. Distribution. Off Port St. Johns- East London area, Eastern Cape Province, 560– 775 m. Remarks. This species was described by Thandar & Arumugam (2011) and was distinguished by the presence of two anal papillae (Figure 11 A) which are conspicuously larger than the rest and the discs of the body wall tables are consistently trilocular (Figure 11B). At 560–620 m this species was collected together with Psolidothuria yasmeena and Stereoderma mohammedi and at 660–670 m together only with the latter species and a young heart urchin.
  • Published as part of Thandar, Ahmed S., 2018, On some miscellaneous sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) in the collections of the South African Museum with three new species, pp. 57-85 in Zootaxa 4532 (1) on page 73, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4532.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/2615023