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New Antarctic holothurians (Echinodermata) – II. Four species of the orders Aspidochirotida, Elasipodida and Apodida
Author(s) -
GUTT JULIAN
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
zoologica scripta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.204
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1463-6409
pISSN - 0300-3256
DOI - 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1990.tb00244.x
Subject(s) - biology , taxon , genus , continental shelf , ecology , zoology , taxonomy (biology) , oceanography , fishery , geology
Four new species of antarctic holothurians are described: Bathyplotes rubipunctatus sp.n. Bathyplotes fuscivinculum sp.n. (both Aspidochirotida), Achlyonice violaecuspidata sp.n. (Elasi‐podida) and Paradota weddellensis sp.n. (Apodida). The genus, Bathyplotes , is redefined. The material was mainly collected from the continental shelf of the southern and eastern Weddell Sea, at depths between 225 and 840 m. The systematic status of these new species within the genera, as well as relationships to other species and higher taxa are discussed.