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Issue: Vol. 5343 No. 1: 6 Sept. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-09-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5343.1.4
Page range: 74-82
Abstract views: 187
PDF downloaded: 66

Afrocucumis africana (Semper, 1867) (Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida:Cladolabidae), new addition to the holothuroid fauna of Pakistan

The Marine Reference Collection and Resource Centre;University of Karachi; Karachi; 75270 Pakistan
The Marine Reference Collection and Resource Centre;University of Karachi; Karachi; 75270 Pakistan
School of Life Sciences; University of KwaZulu-Natal; P/BagX54001; Durban 4000; South Africa
The Marine Reference Collection and Resource Centre;University of Karachi; Karachi; 75270 Pakistan
Echinodermata new record Pakistan coastal waters northern Arabian Sea

Abstract

Two dendrochirotid holothuroids, here identified as Afrocucumis africana, were collected from Gariyan Beach, Jiwani Makran Coast, Balochistan, for morphological and taxonomic study. This species is a new record of a dendrochirotid holothuroid from the Pakistani coastal waters. Identification was confirmed through morphology and microscopic observations of the ossicles. Identified specimens are deposited in Marine Reference Collection and Resource Centre, University of Karachi.

 

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