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Issue: Vol. 5369 No. 4: 13 Nov. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-11-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5369.4.7
Page range: 585-590
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Designation of a neotype for the dendrochirotid holothuroid, Thyone fusus (Müller) (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida: Thyonidae)

University of KwaZulu-Natal; Westville Campus; P/Bag X54001; Durban 4000
University of KwaZulu-Natal; Westville Campus; P/Bag X54001; Durban 4000
Echinodermata Dendrochirotida Thyonidae sea cucumber taxonomy nomenclature

Abstract

The genus Thyone Oken, 1815 is complex, and has even been called a ‘supergenus’, which currently contains 67 nominal species (WoRMS, 2023) and is urgently in need of revision. This contribution provides an accurate description of the here designated neotype and as such, it brings clarity to the taxonomic definition of the type species of the genus: the previously poorly understood Thyone fusus.

 

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