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Issue: Vol. 3515 No. 1: 12 Oct. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-10-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3515.1.4
Page range: 60–66
Abstract views: 54
PDF downloaded: 19

Sea cucumbers collected by the Kermadec Biodiscovery Expedition 2011 (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Apodida and Dendrochirotida)

Marine Biology Section, Museum Victoria, GPO Box 666, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia
Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale, Section invertebrés non-insects, B–3080, Tervuren, Belgium
Echinodermata Sea cucumber Apodida Dendrochirotida Chiridota Plesiocolochirus Pseudocnus new species Kermadec

Abstract

Three shallow holothuroid species are recorded for the rocky shoreline of the Kermadec Islands. The new apodid speciesChiridota kermadeca sp. nov. is described. Two dendrochirotid species are reported, both previously found in New Zealand: Plesiocolochirus ignavus (Ludwig, 1875) and Pseudocnus sentus O’Loughlin & Alcock, 2000.Trois espèces peu profondes d’holothuries ont été observées sur le rivage rocheux des îles de Kermadec. Deux d’entreelles appartiennent à deux espèces de dendrochirotid également connues de Nouvelle Zélande: Plesiocolochirus ignavus(Ludwig, 1875) et Pseudocnus sentus O’Loughlin & Alcock, 2000. La troisième espèce: Chiridota kermadeca sp. nov., nouvelle pour la science, est décrite.

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