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Issue: Vol. 2982 No. 1: 2 Aug. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-08-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2982.1.5
Page range: 49–58
Abstract views: 67
PDF downloaded: 2

On some rhopalodinid sea cucumbers in the collections of the Natural History Museum, U.K. (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Dactylochirotida)

School of Biological and Conservation Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X54001, Durban 4000, South Africa
School of Biological and Conservation Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X54001, Durban 4000, South Africa
Echinodermata Rhopalodinidae Rhopalodina new species

Abstract

Several specimens of holothuroids in the collections of the Natural History Museum, U.K., identified as Rhopalodina lageniformis or simply Rhopalodina sp., were re-examined. Amongst these only the holotype of R. lageniformis is referable to this species. Of the four specimens misidentified as R. lageniformis, two are re-identified as R. parvalamina Cherbonnier and two described as a new species, R. cabrinovici. Another specimen, originating from Ghana, which is incorrectly identified as Rhopalodina sp., turned out to be a juvenile of Cucumaria congoana Heding and is subject of another paper describing additions to the holothuroid fauna of Ghana.

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