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Issue: Vol. 1435 No. 1: 29 Mar. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-03-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1435.1.4
Page range: 37–40
Abstract views: 79
PDF downloaded: 17

Rediscovery of the sea cucumber “Toxodora” pacifica Ohshima, 1915 (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Apodida)

Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, People’s Republic of China
National Museum of Natural History, Mail Stop MRC163, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC 20013-7012
Wei Fang Marine Environmental Monitoring Central Station of Shandong Province, Wei Fang 261041,People’s Republic of China
Echinodermata Toxodora Neotoxodora pacifica Holothuroidea Apodida Yellow Sea

Abstract

The apodous holothurian species originally described by Ohshima (1915) as Toxodora pacifica has been rediscovered, and its known geographic range extended from Suruga Bay, Japan to the western side of the Yellow Sea, China. As the genus name Toxodora is no longer available, a new genus name, Neotoxodora Liao, Pawson, and Wei, is proposed. The type material of Neotoxodora pacifica is lost, and a Neotype is named for this species.

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