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Issue: Vol. 1608 No. 1: 5 Oct. 2007
Type: Article
Published: 2007-10-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1608.1.4
Page range: 31–34
Abstract views: 50
PDF downloaded: 20

Phyllophorus (Phyllophorus) maculatus, a new species of sea cucumber from the Yellow Sea (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida)

Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, 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, China
Echinodermata Phyllophorus (Phyllophorus) maculatus Yellow Sea Holothuroidea Dendrochirotida

Abstract

Phyllophorus (Phyllophorus) maculatus new species is described from a depth of 22–45 meters near the western edge of the Yellow Sea. The body is cylindrical, with body wall ossicles present only in the anal region. Ossicles are four-pillared tables with low spires and indented disc margin. A revised key to the eleven phyllophorine (Family Phyllophoridae, Subfamily Phyllophorinae) species now known from China is presented.

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