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(
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)
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<emphasis id="A487EACF0A675747FF379646F1F7FD3C" box="[264,468,1554,1577]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Pentacta tessellara</emphasis>
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:282
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, fig. 2 (A–O);
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:123
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, fig. 8 (A–J).
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:130
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(non
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).
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<collectionCode id="F0E2AE180A675747FF0096DBF189FDBC" box="[319,426,1679,1705]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">MNHNP</collectionCode>
.
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<emphasis id="A487EACF0A675747FF379680F1BDFDF8" box="[264,414,1748,1773]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Type locality</emphasis>
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<th id="6B125DE30A67A8A5FF3796A8F252FC03" box="[264,625,1788,1814]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Mouth of Rio Coche, near</th>
<td id="6B125DE30A67A8A5FC4696A8F321FC03" box="[633,770,1788,1814]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Inhambane,</td>
<td id="6B125DE30A67A8A5FD3596A8F38FFC03" box="[778,940,1788,1814]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Mozambique,</td>
<td id="6B125DE30A67A8A5FD8C96A8F3FCFC03" box="[947,991,1788,1814]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">3–5</td>
<td id="6B125DE30A67A8A5FDD996A8F426FC03" box="[998,1029,1788,1814]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">m,</td>
<td id="6B125DE30A67A8A5FA3396A8F4BAFC03" box="[1036,1177,1788,1814]" gridcol="5" gridrow="1" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">sand, gravel</td>
<td id="6B125DE30A67A8A5FA9E96A8F4E8FC03" box="[1185,1227,1788,1814]" gridcol="6" gridrow="1" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">and</td>
<td id="6B125DE30A67A8A5FAED96A8F53EFC03" box="[1234,1309,1788,1814]" gridcol="7" gridrow="1" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">shells.</td>
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<th id="6B125DE30A67A8A5FF379770F252FC28" box="[264,625,1828,1853]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">
<emphasis id="A487EACF0A675747FF379770F24FFC28" box="[264,620,1828,1853]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Previous South African record</emphasis>
</th>
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<th id="6B125DE30A67A8A5FF379718F252FC73" box="[264,625,1868,1894]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">None</th>
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<th id="6B125DE30A64A8A5FF379148F2D6FA20" box="[264,757,284,309]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">
<emphasis id="A487EACF0A645744FF379148F1C5FA20" box="[264,486,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Material examined</emphasis>
</th>
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<th id="6B125DE30A64A8A5FF379110F2D6FA4B" box="[264,757,324,350]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">SAM­A27909, Cracker Reef, Aliwal</th>
<td id="6B125DE30A64A8A5FD3F9110F360FA4B" box="[768,835,324,350]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Shoal</td>
<td id="6B125DE30A64A8A5FD719110F402FA4B" box="[846,1057,324,350]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">(KwaZulu­Natal),</td>
<td id="6B125DE30A64A8A5FA129110F46AFA4B" box="[1069,1097,324,350]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">D.</td>
<td id="6B125DE30A64A8A5FA6A9110F495FA4B" box="[1109,1206,324,350]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Herbert,</td>
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<th id="6B125DE30A64A8A5FF379138F2D6FA93" box="[264,757,364,390]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">
<td id="6B125DE30A64A8A5FAFE9110F50EFA4B" box="[1217,1325,324,350]" gridcol="5" gridrow="1" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">SCUBAdive</td>
, 30.iv.1989, ±23 m., 2 spec.(juv.).
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<emphasis id="A487EACF0A645744FF3791E8F1B4FAC0" box="[264,407,444,469]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Distribution</emphasis>
</paragraph>
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Only known from
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and east coast of
<collectingCountry id="EEE4764D0A645744FD4191B0F43AFAEB" box="[894,1049,484,510]" name="South Africa" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">South Africa</collectingCountry>
.
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<emphasis id="A487EACF0A645744FF379260F141F958" box="[264,354,564,589]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Habitat</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="964C36DD0A645744FF079208F1E0F963" blockId="30.[264,451,564,630]" box="[312,451,604,630]" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Coral, rock.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="A487EACF0A645744FF3792F8F14DF9D0" box="[264,366,684,709]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Remarks</emphasis>
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This species was assigned to
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<emphasis id="A487EACF0A645744FC8F9280F33BF9F8" box="[688,792,724,749]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Pentacta</emphasis>
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by both
<bibRefCitation id="F2624B2C0A645744FDAB9280F4A0F9FB" author="Cherbonnier" box="[916,1155,724,750]" pageId="30" pageNumber="47" refString="Cherbonnier, G. (1970) Nouvelles especes d' holothuries des cotes d' Afrique du Sud et du Mozambique. Bulletin du Museum national d' Histoire Naturelle, 2 nd series 42, 280 - 299." type="book chapter" year="1970">Cherbonnier (1970)</bibRefCitation>
and
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. However, Rowe (in
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) restricted the genus
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<emphasis id="A487EACF0A645744FA7A92A8F48EF800" box="[1093,1197,764,789]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Pentacta</emphasis>
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to include only the
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species,
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<emphasis id="A487EACF0A645744FC1F9370F2CAF828" box="[544,745,804,829]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Actinia doliolum</emphasis>
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and perhaps
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<emphasis id="A487EACF0A645744FA0A9370F509F828" box="[1077,1322,804,829]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Cucumaria capensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="F2624B2C0A645744FF379318F1BEF873" author="Theel" box="[264,413,844,870]" pageId="30" pageNumber="51" refString="Theel, H. (1886 a) Holothuroidea. Part 2. Reports of the scientific Results of the Voyage of the H. M. S. ' Challenger', (Zoology), 39, 1 - 290." type="journal article" year="1886" yearSuffix="a">Theel, 1886</bibRefCitation>
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a. He characterised the genus as having podia restricted to the ambulacra ventrally but scattered dorsally, ten tentacles of more or less equal size and spicules comprising multilocular, knobbed plates and shallow, rugose baskets with basic quadrilocular design. These characters still present a problem as in some specimens of
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<emphasis id="A487EACF0A645744FB2A9390F153FF10" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">P. doliolum</emphasis>
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the two ventral tentacles or some others may be reduced and the podia in
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<emphasis id="A487EACF0A645744FB2F93B8F14EFF38" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">C. capensis</emphasis>
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are confined to the ambulacra and not dorsally scattered. However, both these are endemic southern African temperate species (shallow­water and deep­water respectively), not known to extend into the warmer subtropical waters of KwaZulu­Natal.
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<emphasis id="A487EACF0A645744FAB79430F4B4FF68" box="[1160,1175,1124,1149]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">P</emphasis>
.
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, on the other hand, is from tropical­subtropical waters and has the ventral surface somewhat sole­like with prominent podia, the ventral­most two tentacles reduced and a brittle body wall packed with spicules comprising multi­layered scales, nodular perforated plates and simple shallow baskets. These characters accord well with those of
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<emphasis id="A487EACF0A645744FF379578F1EEFE50" box="[264,461,1324,1349]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Plesiocolochirus</emphasis>
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enunciated by Rowe (in
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). However, the genus
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<emphasis id="A487EACF0A645744FF379500F1EEFE78" box="[264,461,1364,1389]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Plesiocolochirus</emphasis>
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was initially erected for only the
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species,
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<emphasis id="A487EACF0A645744FA189500F415FE78" box="[1063,1078,1364,1389]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">P</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="A487EACF0A645744FA759500F4E5FE78" box="[1098,1222,1364,1389]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">spinosus (</emphasis>
Quoy &amp; Gaimard
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characterised by evenly distributed radial and interradial podia, latero­ventral tubercles and radial plates of the calcareous ring bearing distinctive paired posterior prolongations(see
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; O’ Loughlin &amp; Alcock 2000). Hence the generic placement of
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<emphasis id="A487EACF0A645744FF9395A0F198FD18" box="[428,443,1524,1549]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">P</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="A487EACF0A645744FFF395A0F269FD18" box="[460,586,1524,1549]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">tessellarus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in
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<emphasis id="A487EACF0A645744FC4B95A0F31AFD18" box="[628,825,1524,1549]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Plesiocolochirus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is problematic. It is here only tentatively referred to this genus until a more suitable genus is found to accommodate it.
</paragraph>
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This species, originally known only from
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, is well described by
<bibRefCitation id="F2624B2C0A645744FF379638F1DBFD93" author="Cherbonnier" box="[264,504,1644,1670]" pageId="30" pageNumber="47" refString="Cherbonnier, G. (1970) Nouvelles especes d' holothuries des cotes d' Afrique du Sud et du Mozambique. Bulletin du Museum national d' Histoire Naturelle, 2 nd series 42, 280 - 299." type="book chapter" year="1970">Cherbonnier (1970)</bibRefCitation>
.
<bibRefCitation id="F2624B2C0A645744FC379638F2E7FD93" author="Thandar" box="[520,708,1644,1670]" pageId="30" pageNumber="50" refString="Thandar, A. S. (1991) The cucumariid holothurians of southern Africa with the erection of a new genus. South African Journal of Zoology, 26, 115 - 139." type="journal article" year="1991">Thandar (1991)</bibRefCitation>
examined a
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of the species and provided measurements of its spicules. The current material is the first record of the species from
<collectingCountry id="EEE4764D0A645744FF3796E8F184FDC3" box="[264,423,1724,1750]" name="South Africa" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">South Africa</collectingCountry>
. The two specimens here examined are obviously juvenile, judging from their size (
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&amp;
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), distribution of podia, state of development of the tentacles and calcareous ring, and the absence of the gonad. Both are white in alcohol with a yellowish tinge at the anterior end of the larger specimen, and hence differing in colour from that recorded for the species by Cherbonnier (!970) and
<bibRefCitation id="F2624B2C0A655745FDC89148F492FA23" author="Thandar" box="[1015,1201,284,310]" pageId="31" pageNumber="50" refString="Thandar, A. S. (1991) The cucumariid holothurians of southern Africa with the erection of a new genus. South African Journal of Zoology, 26, 115 - 139." type="journal article" year="1991">Thandar (1991)</bibRefCitation>
­ perhaps due to depth, age or preservation. The tentacles are retracted in both specimens, the anus encircled by minute teeth in the larger specimen, and the podia restricted to the ambulacra, better developed ventrally in 1–2 rows per ambulacrum but in single row in each dorsal ambulacrum. The skin is rough to the touch and the imbricating plates easily visible with a stereoscope.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="A487EACF0A655745FF379540F1BFFE39" bold="true" box="[264,412,1300,1324]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">FIGURE 10.</emphasis>
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(Cherbonnier, 1970)
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. SAM­27909. A. large­knobbed buttons from dorsal body wall; B. side view of buttons; C. plate/scale from dorsal body wall; D. baskets from dorsal body wall; E. side view of baskets from dorsal body wall; F. baskets from dorsal podia; G. rods from dorsal podia; H. small­knobbed plates from dorsal podia; I. end­plate from dorsal podium; J. part of end­plate from ventral podium; K. plates from tentacles; L. tentacle rods. A­C &amp; G­L scale a; D­F scale b.
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The body wall spicules comprise baskets (15–25 µm, mean 19 µm), always provided with small nodules on the surface and a spinous or “jagged” rim (
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D, E); buttons (75–95 µm, mean 86 µm) that are small, medium to large­ knobbed (
<figureCitation id="0EC82A580A655745FA049609F493FD62" box="[1083,1200,1629,1655]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="31.[264,367,1300,1324]" captionTargetBox="[549,1025,569,1273]" captionTargetId="figure@31.[535,1051,566,1276]" captionTargetPageId="31" captionText="FIGURE 10. Plesiocolochirus tessellarus (Cherbonnier, 1970). SAM­ 27909. A. large­knobbed buttons from dorsal body wall; B. side view of buttons; C. plate / scale from dorsal body wall; D. baskets from dorsal body wall; E. side view of baskets from dorsal body wall; F. baskets from dorsal podia; G. rods from dorsal podia; H. small­knobbed plates from dorsal podia; I. end­plate from dorsal podium; J. part of end­plate from ventral podium; K. plates from tentacles; L. tentacle rods. A­C &amp; G­L scale a; D­F scale b." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/172927/files/figure.png" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Figure 10</figureCitation>
A, B); and large (405–475 µm, mean 433 µm) imbricating, multi­layered, knobbed plates/scales (
<figureCitation id="0EC82A580A655745FF2F96F9F1A5FDD2" box="[272,390,1709,1735]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="31.[264,367,1300,1324]" captionTargetBox="[549,1025,569,1273]" captionTargetId="figure@31.[535,1051,566,1276]" captionTargetPageId="31" captionText="FIGURE 10. Plesiocolochirus tessellarus (Cherbonnier, 1970). SAM­ 27909. A. large­knobbed buttons from dorsal body wall; B. side view of buttons; C. plate / scale from dorsal body wall; D. baskets from dorsal body wall; E. side view of baskets from dorsal body wall; F. baskets from dorsal podia; G. rods from dorsal podia; H. small­knobbed plates from dorsal podia; I. end­plate from dorsal podium; J. part of end­plate from ventral podium; K. plates from tentacles; L. tentacle rods. A­C &amp; G­L scale a; D­F scale b." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/172927/files/figure.png" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Figure 10</figureCitation>
C). The podia are supported by: elongated, slightly curved rods (112–287 µm, mean 199 µm) with several perforations and often with a distinct knobbed surface (
<figureCitation id="0EC82A580A655745FAE39681F105FC02" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="31.[264,367,1300,1324]" captionTargetBox="[549,1025,569,1273]" captionTargetId="figure@31.[535,1051,566,1276]" captionTargetPageId="31" captionText="FIGURE 10. Plesiocolochirus tessellarus (Cherbonnier, 1970). SAM­ 27909. A. large­knobbed buttons from dorsal body wall; B. side view of buttons; C. plate / scale from dorsal body wall; D. baskets from dorsal body wall; E. side view of baskets from dorsal body wall; F. baskets from dorsal podia; G. rods from dorsal podia; H. small­knobbed plates from dorsal podia; I. end­plate from dorsal podium; J. part of end­plate from ventral podium; K. plates from tentacles; L. tentacle rods. A­C &amp; G­L scale a; D­F scale b." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/172927/files/figure.png" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Figure 10</figureCitation>
G); baskets (16–29 µm, mean 20 µm), similar to those of the body wall (
<figureCitation id="0EC82A580A655745FAAB96A9F529FC02" box="[1172,1290,1789,1815]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="31.[264,367,1300,1324]" captionTargetBox="[549,1025,569,1273]" captionTargetId="figure@31.[535,1051,566,1276]" captionTargetPageId="31" captionText="FIGURE 10. Plesiocolochirus tessellarus (Cherbonnier, 1970). SAM­ 27909. A. large­knobbed buttons from dorsal body wall; B. side view of buttons; C. plate / scale from dorsal body wall; D. baskets from dorsal body wall; E. side view of baskets from dorsal body wall; F. baskets from dorsal podia; G. rods from dorsal podia; H. small­knobbed plates from dorsal podia; I. end­plate from dorsal podium; J. part of end­plate from ventral podium; K. plates from tentacles; L. tentacle rods. A­C &amp; G­L scale a; D­F scale b." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/172927/files/figure.png" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Figure 10</figureCitation>
F); and perforated smooth to knobbed plates (39–116 µm, mean 65 µm) (
<figureCitation id="0EC82A580A655745FA679771F4F3FC2A" box="[1112,1232,1829,1855]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="31.[264,367,1300,1324]" captionTargetBox="[549,1025,569,1273]" captionTargetId="figure@31.[535,1051,566,1276]" captionTargetPageId="31" captionText="FIGURE 10. Plesiocolochirus tessellarus (Cherbonnier, 1970). SAM­ 27909. A. large­knobbed buttons from dorsal body wall; B. side view of buttons; C. plate / scale from dorsal body wall; D. baskets from dorsal body wall; E. side view of baskets from dorsal body wall; F. baskets from dorsal podia; G. rods from dorsal podia; H. small­knobbed plates from dorsal podia; I. end­plate from dorsal podium; J. part of end­plate from ventral podium; K. plates from tentacles; L. tentacle rods. A­C &amp; G­L scale a; D­F scale b." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/172927/files/figure.png" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Figure 10</figureCitation>
H). The dorsal endplates are circular with large central holes and a single series of peripheral holes (
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Figure
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I), whereas the ventral endplates are larger (136 µm cf. 120 µm), multi­lobed (
<figureCitation id="0EC82A580A5A577AFF2F9110F1ABFA4B" box="[272,392,324,350]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="31.[264,367,1300,1324]" captionTargetBox="[549,1025,569,1273]" captionTargetId="figure@31.[535,1051,566,1276]" captionTargetPageId="31" captionText="FIGURE 10. Plesiocolochirus tessellarus (Cherbonnier, 1970). SAM­ 27909. A. large­knobbed buttons from dorsal body wall; B. side view of buttons; C. plate / scale from dorsal body wall; D. baskets from dorsal body wall; E. side view of baskets from dorsal body wall; F. baskets from dorsal podia; G. rods from dorsal podia; H. small­knobbed plates from dorsal podia; I. end­plate from dorsal podium; J. part of end­plate from ventral podium; K. plates from tentacles; L. tentacle rods. A­C &amp; G­L scale a; D­F scale b." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/172927/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Figure 10</figureCitation>
J), with similar arrangement of holes except that instead of a single series of holes on the periphery there are numerous small holes in the lobes. The tentacle stalk contains elongated, delicate rods (39–90 µm, mean 65 µm) with few holes (
<figureCitation id="0EC82A580A5A577AFAA491C0F533FABB" box="[1179,1296,404,430]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="31.[264,367,1300,1324]" captionTargetBox="[549,1025,569,1273]" captionTargetId="figure@31.[535,1051,566,1276]" captionTargetPageId="31" captionText="FIGURE 10. Plesiocolochirus tessellarus (Cherbonnier, 1970). SAM­ 27909. A. large­knobbed buttons from dorsal body wall; B. side view of buttons; C. plate / scale from dorsal body wall; D. baskets from dorsal body wall; E. side view of baskets from dorsal body wall; F. baskets from dorsal podia; G. rods from dorsal podia; H. small­knobbed plates from dorsal podia; I. end­plate from dorsal podium; J. part of end­plate from ventral podium; K. plates from tentacles; L. tentacle rods. A­C &amp; G­L scale a; D­F scale b." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/172927/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Figure 10</figureCitation>
L) whereas perforated plates (87–184 µm, mean 154 µm) occur in the branches (
<figureCitation id="0EC82A580A5A577AFAAE91E8F526FAC3" box="[1169,1285,444,470]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="31.[264,367,1300,1324]" captionTargetBox="[549,1025,569,1273]" captionTargetId="figure@31.[535,1051,566,1276]" captionTargetPageId="31" captionText="FIGURE 10. Plesiocolochirus tessellarus (Cherbonnier, 1970). SAM­ 27909. A. large­knobbed buttons from dorsal body wall; B. side view of buttons; C. plate / scale from dorsal body wall; D. baskets from dorsal body wall; E. side view of baskets from dorsal body wall; F. baskets from dorsal podia; G. rods from dorsal podia; H. small­knobbed plates from dorsal podia; I. end­plate from dorsal podium; J. part of end­plate from ventral podium; K. plates from tentacles; L. tentacle rods. A­C &amp; G­L scale a; D­F scale b." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/172927/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Figure 10</figureCitation>
K). No rosettes were detected in the tentacles, nor any deposits in the introvert.
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The present specimens differ from the
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material in size, colouration, distribution of podia, poor calcification of the calcareous ring, absence of rosettes in the tentacles and lack of spicules in the introvert. These can be attributed to the immaturity of the material and hence here considered to be of no taxonomic significance.
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commented that this species comes quite close to
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<emphasis id="A487EACF0A5A577AFA5A92F8F508F9D0" box="[1125,1323,684,709]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Pentacta minuta</emphasis>
(Ludwig)
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(junior subjective synonym of
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<emphasis id="A487EACF0A5A577AFCD79280F43FF9F8" box="[744,1052,724,749]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Plesiocolochirus australis</emphasis>
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according to Rowe (in
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), originally described from North
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but also recorded by
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from Inhaca Island (
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) as
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,
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on material identified but not described by Cherbonnier. Regrettably this material is no longer extant. Hence,
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<emphasis id="A487EACF0A5A577AFF839320F208F898" box="[444,555,884,909]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">P. minuta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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, non
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) is here relegated to the synonymy of
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.
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