<strong>New taeniogyrinid species of sea cucumber from the Weddell Sea (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Synaptida)</strong>

P. MARK O’LOUGHLIN; MELANIE MACKENZIE; DIDIER VANDENSPIEGEL; HUW GRIFFITHS

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3995.1.23

Issue: Vol. 3995 No. 1: 5 Aug. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-08-05

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3995.1.23

Page range: 271–283

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New taeniogyrinid species of sea cucumber from the Weddell Sea (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Synaptida)

P. MARK O’LOUGHLIN⁺⁻
MELANIE MACKENZIE⁺⁻
DIDIER VANDENSPIEGEL⁺⁻
HUW GRIFFITHS⁺⁻

Marine Biology Section, Museum Victoria, GPO Box 666, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia

Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale, Section invertebrés non-insects, B–3080, Tervuren, Belgium

British Antarctic Survey (BAS), High Cross Madingley Road, CB3 0ET, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Echinodermata Antarctica Synaptida Taeniogyrinae Sigmodota Taeniogyrus magnibacula new species

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Abstract

The case put by Alexei Smirnov in 2012 is accepted and the order name Synaptida Cuénot is adopted in place of Apodida Brandt. Two new Synaptida species are described for the Weddell Sea in Antarctica with single author O’Loughlin: Sigmodota magdarogera sp. nov. and Taeniogyrus bamberi sp. nov.. A specimen of Sigmodota magnibacula (Massin & Hétérier) is described. A key is provided for the genera and species of Taeniogyrinae that occur south of the Antarctic Convergence.