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Issue: Vol. 4438 No. 2: 21 Jun. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-06-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.2.11
Page range: 373–380
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Lissothuria imbricata sp. nov., a new species of sea cucumber (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) from the central-eastern Pacific Ocean

Colección Nacional de Equinodermos “Dra. Ma. Elena Caso Muñoz”, Laboratorio de Sistemática y Ecología de Equinodermos, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología (ICML), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad de México, C.P. 04510, México.
Posgrado en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, UNAM. Circuito exterior s/n, Ciudad de México, 04510, México.
Laboratorio de Ecosistemas Marinos y Acuicultura, Departamento de Ecología Aplicada, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad de Guadalajara, Zapopan, C.P. 44510, México.
Colección Nacional de Equinodermos “Dra. Ma. Elena Caso Muñoz”, Laboratorio de Sistemática y Ecología de Equinodermos, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología (ICML), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad de México, C.P. 04510, México.
Echinodermata taxonomy Psolidae Mexico

Abstract

A new species of sea cucumbers of the genus Lissothuria Verrill, 1867 is described. Lissothuria imbricata sp. nov. was found in the central-eastern Pacific Ocean, at 2–16 m depth living on top of rocky reefs, partially covered by algae and organic material. It is distinguished from other species of the genus by having body wall ossicles in form of short, broad towers with a slightly spiny apex, giving the dorsal area a granular appearance. The shape of the ossicles shows some similarities with L. nutriens (H.L. Clark, 1901).

 

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