WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
Thandar, A.S. (1999). Deep-sea Holothuroids taken by the R.V. Africana II in 1959, from off the West Coast of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa, Ann. S. Afr. Mus., Vol. 105(9): 364-409, 16 figs, 2 tables (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record
Thandar, A.S. (1999). Deep-sea Holothuroids taken by the R.V. Africana II in 1959, from off the West Coast of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa, Ann. S. Afr. Mus., Vol. 105(9): 364-409, 16 figs, 2 tables (look up in IMIS) [details]
Unreviewed
Description Total length up to 29 mm; tail up to one-third body length, often shorter. Colour dirty grey, anterior end (oral disc) and tail whitish to grey. Tentacles 15 with usually 3 digits, including unpaired one which is the largest. Calcacerous ring without significant sculpturings, radial plates often with a long,posterior prolongation. Longitudinal muscles paired. Phosphatic deposits absent. Spicules exclusively tables with a solid spire derived from three pillars fused for most of their length. Body wall tables with usually 3-6, sometimes more (up to 12) perforations, average diameter 0.15 mm; tail tables rod-like, average length 0.30 mm, with up to 12 holes, often fewer. [details]
Holotype Holotype in South African Museum, Cape Town (South Africa) A22163; paratypes in South African Museum, Cape Town A27711 (3 specimens), A22168 (2 specimens), A22169 (1 specimen) and A22174 (1 specimen). Type locality: off south-western Cape Province (34°36'S 17°00'E), 2745 m. (Thandar, 1999).
Species related to the Antarctic M. abyssicola Pawson, 1977. [details]
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