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<paragraph id="C2B79DE1DA164C441B6D270C60CE34AA">
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<emphasis id="EF7346A667212F2711D93EEB452B6FE9" italics="true">Laetmogone multiradiolus</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="3E48CA8EDFC86815C5767B4CE3366E28" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<paragraph id="A45C27783CF08A37AD8B0684CC4690CC">
<figureCitation id="C5B65F81EE7CFA3B62A6332732346A2C" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Laetmogone multiradiolus sp. nov. NIWA 164015. A, B. Specimen before fixation; C, D. In situ images; E, F. Tentacles; dp dorsal papillae, tf tube feet. Scale bars: 4 cm (A B); 10 cm (C D); 2 mm (E); 500 μm (F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.101.135131.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1229238">Figs 2</figureCitation>
,
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<paragraph id="2D40C54FB8FBFE885570CA58404F589D">
<heading id="D0C30929EA01A21C5FCAAC7E6B5701DE" reason="title">Material examined.</heading>
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<paragraph id="0B3EEC9152F90B976A32BBCDD7BE044F">
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The abyssal plain adjacent to the Kermadec Trench, the South Pacific, depth
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A member of the genus
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with the following features: Colour uniformly dark violet; tentacles 17, with rounded terminal discs, slightly lobed; calcareous ring absent; papillae conspicuous, nine in each dorsal radius; tube feet 12 pairs, placed in single rows along ventrolateral radii. Body-wall ossicles in form of elasipodid wheels, circular in outline, with 45 (rarely 6) central rays, 817 spokes, nave covered by a calcareous membrane; rods and few irregular ossicles in papillae, tube feet and tentacles; cross-shaped ossicles absent.
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Body long, cylindrical, slightly pointed anteriorly (Fig.
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long,
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wide
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(Fig.
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wide in preserved state. Colour uniformly dark violet in both vivo and preserved states (Fig.
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). Tentacles 17, large,
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in length after several days of fixation, slightly lobed (Fig.
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). Dorsal papillae conspicuous and nine pairs, arranged in single rows along dorsal radii,
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long after preservation. Ventrolateral tube feet large, robust and conical, up to 12 pairs,
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in a state of preservation. Mouth ventral, anus terminal. Ventrolateral brim absent. Calcareous ring absent; gonads with numerous branched tubules, arranged in several clusters. Only wheel ossicles in dorsal and ventral body walls (Fig.
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), with no sharp distinction between the
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. The nave of every wheel covered by a calcareous membrane (Fig.
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). Wheels in body wall
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in diameter, central rays 45, rarely 6, 817 spokes. Rods and wheels in tube feet, papillae and tentacles, wheels similar to those of the body wall. Papillae wheels, rods and few irregular ossicles (Fig.
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), rods smooth and stout, curved or straight, occasionally possessing a few little spines on rod ends,
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long. Wheels and curved rods in tentacles (Fig.
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), rods up to
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in length, with small spines on both ends, some rods terminally bifurcated (Fig.
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). Ossicles in tube feet (Fig.
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) wheels, rods and irregular ossicles, rods similar in size and shape to those in papillae, irregular ossicles may represent a developmental stage of wheels.
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<paragraph id="BEEDAE8C969DAB9A727C758C2805DB34">
<label id="C9C09763108B042771BAA2B13B085458">Figure 2.</label>
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<paragraph id="4B0BABAC8BFE47ADBD47D85F8790322C">
<taxonomicName id="C01051BDDD7C85974553CA0093FDD871" authorityName="Xiao &amp; Zhang" authorityYear="2025" class="Holothuroidea" family="Laetmogonidae" genus="Laetmogone" kingdom="Animalia" order="Elasipodida" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="multiradiolus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="99868E80CCC9058A631FC72AA0C81018" italics="true">Laetmogone multiradiolus</emphasis>
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NIWA 164015.
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Specimen before fixation;
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<emphasis id="997E884E5F54C84651178EB8DA4FFAA5" italics="true">In situ</emphasis>
images;
<emphasis id="163D7C506097DCF7FF9B122F3D1C2121" bold="true">E, F.</emphasis>
Tentacles;
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dorsal papillae,
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tube feet. Scale bars: 4 cm (
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); 10 cm (
<emphasis id="60C1BBA7291269A9B55CD085FF4ABF19" bold="true">C D</emphasis>
); 2 mm (
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); 500 μm (
<emphasis id="9401119743873838C8B4BE70B34EBFFB" bold="true">F</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="55B05EF545A09C17E9041A40A9534925">
<label id="6D06BC7ABAE979075742C86E965B1C92">Figure 3.</label>
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SEM images of ossicles from dorsal and ventral body wall of
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<emphasis id="59FC119E5BFA1D1F3EAFAA43B9A27D75" italics="true">Laetmogone multiradiolus</emphasis>
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NIWA 164015. Scale bar: 100 μm (
<emphasis id="E6AF930583CDCCC8596498C3894705F9" bold="true">A G</emphasis>
). S + number indicates the number of spokes.
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<label id="2E2BA47826BE19B9A0B846665CAA703E">Figure 4.</label>
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<paragraph id="BE005D1D192EE72A1AC4A574645EAC1C">
SEM images of dorsal papillae, tentacles and tube feet ossicles from
<taxonomicName id="89740EE15FC39A3E2329C580E24DBFC9" authorityName="Xiao &amp; Zhang" authorityYear="2025" class="Holothuroidea" family="Laetmogonidae" genus="Laetmogone" kingdom="Animalia" order="Elasipodida" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="multiradiolus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="819D3CD522ABB4D08024AC29A1187E43" italics="true">Laetmogone multiradiolus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="8191A490AD672CFCBE0934E38E891ED3" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
NIWA 164015.
<emphasis id="B2FA9282E4D73D32846350D81A01DF0F" bold="true">A.</emphasis>
Papillae;
<emphasis id="4C76FE932C30F70F3825F6974037651B" bold="true">B.</emphasis>
Tentacles;
<emphasis id="5758F504A4C8655C0D9FAC3FBC030CCB" bold="true">C.</emphasis>
Tube feet. Scale bars: 100 μm (
<emphasis id="1736F80A84376E45F279FDFC945A346A" bold="true">A C</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="E4AD3FC2BB9D35AA2E20C1B53607EFA1">
More details of the hub, rim, central rays, spoke spaces and orientation of wheels from
<taxonomicName id="B770E987019BD5FF2A9882FE6E5F2D51" authorityName="Xiao &amp; Zhang" authorityYear="2025" class="Holothuroidea" family="Laetmogonidae" genus="Laetmogone" kingdom="Animalia" order="Elasipodida" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="multiradiolus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="0273916AA59C04AA09C254FD5776C981" italics="true">L. multiradiolus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="076228A108D2229B3E6E0B3FC0DD1C3F" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
were shown in Fig.
<figureCitation id="AF26B345B10B895D02C7363269C9BE71" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. SEM images of wheel-like ossicles from Laetmogone multiradiolus sp. nov. NIWA 164015. A E. Lower side, lateral oblique view; F, G. Lower side, lateral oblique view; H. Upper side, lateral oblique view; I K. Lower side (I. 4 rays, 8 spokes; J. 5 rays, 10 spokes; K. 6 rays, 17 spokes); L. upper side. Scale bars: 50 μm (A L). The yellow box and line show more details of the central rays." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.101.135131.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1229241">5</figureCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<caption id="74B0F51402B1F645857DC43B655B0FDB" ID-DOI="10.3897/zse.101.135131.figure5" ID-arpha="0E6F6568-D64C-50DA-AE2A-EBA4A465FA2A" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1229241" startId="F5">
<paragraph id="1D06B1792FDA5A1D26A231435E9054CD">
<label id="1EB45292FBC5F291E20937AB4CF8B87B">Figure 5.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="AD95F2F3CCAF29960314B9BBF15E955A">
SEM images of wheel-like ossicles from
<taxonomicName id="0C1435BDAD410869A648341C599598D9" authorityName="Xiao &amp; Zhang" authorityYear="2025" class="Holothuroidea" family="Laetmogonidae" genus="Laetmogone" kingdom="Animalia" order="Elasipodida" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="multiradiolus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="302302404A87018260BF5887549FD1A1" italics="true">Laetmogone multiradiolus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="E8B3EDDCB8F6F547A0A062246F70D82D" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
NIWA 164015.
<emphasis id="A0AF2A662A8DDD6C4996A8DB4649AC81" bold="true">A E.</emphasis>
Lower side, lateral oblique view;
<emphasis id="D1E55DACECEC8017A925CD371D7B822C" bold="true">F, G.</emphasis>
Lower side, lateral oblique view;
<emphasis id="3ACBB6A63AF671DD93B2F8C67C6E21E4" bold="true">H.</emphasis>
Upper side, lateral oblique view;
<emphasis id="7684A05054125D81F107F4F36820BE5E" bold="true">I K.</emphasis>
Lower side (
<emphasis id="54675B8DAFF67F91CB82D5879D1C79A9" bold="true">I.</emphasis>
4 rays, 8 spokes;
<emphasis id="01917525F0E74B929ECA64F6770683B0" bold="true">J.</emphasis>
5 rays, 10 spokes;
<emphasis id="8A784808685DE6ECBD59AC1152062804" bold="true">K.</emphasis>
6 rays, 17 spokes);
<emphasis id="0F41EF56E347C3A228E6A16BD4004BD1" bold="true">L.</emphasis>
upper side. Scale bars: 50 μm (
<emphasis id="5F627461D8983EB7FC1198BCF7697F52" bold="true">A L</emphasis>
). The yellow box and line show more details of the central rays.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="63E4CBE6F6560F6BF806D0FECAF474CA">
We counted the spokes and central rays and the diameter was measured in the specimen collected from the Kermadec Trench (Table
<tableCitation id="55BE0D95E4DC03041F3D78AE02BBA5A4" captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="T1" captionText="Table 1. Laetmogone multiradiolus sp. nov. NIWA 164015. Number of spokes and central rays and diameter of 100 wheels from body wall, papillae, tube feet and tentacles of the holotype." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/4746E3523E399EE9E66FF7DFE10C363C" tableUuid="4746E3523E399EE9E66FF7DFE10C363C">1</tableCitation>
). A sample of 100 wheels taken from the body wall, papillae, tube feet and tentacles (Table
<tableCitation id="863D66786C4CEAAAEEF9C88246D35639" captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="T1" captionText="Table 1. Laetmogone multiradiolus sp. nov. NIWA 164015. Number of spokes and central rays and diameter of 100 wheels from body wall, papillae, tube feet and tentacles of the holotype." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/4746E3523E399EE9E66FF7DFE10C363C" tableUuid="4746E3523E399EE9E66FF7DFE10C363C">1</tableCitation>
) revealed the following data:
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="318F86A752DCE685F6A91E829F228F3D">
A total of 44 % of wheels had four central rays, 55 % had five and only 1 % had six rays. The number of spokes per wheel varied from 817 with the majority (84 %) having 914 spokes (11 % with 9, 23 % with 10, 11 % with 11, 15 % with 12, 14 % with 13 and 10 % with 14 spokes). The largest wheel (
<quantity id="9A14886636AEE2A3020C5A14364D39B8" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.1" unit="mm" value="0.21">0.21 mm</quantity>
) had only 11 spokes. Only wheels with a diameter of
<quantity id="371F68507FA87E06C996BD67A788C75C" metricMagnitude="-5" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.0" unit="mm" value="0.06">0.06 mm</quantity>
had the maximum spokes (17). A higher spoke number (1517) is typical of smaller (&lt;
<quantity id="4BBAF459F1FCC2E724AFFDCE94144263" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" unit="mm" value="0.1">0.1 mm</quantity>
) wheels.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0E6JAG" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="9C75662CA0444709BB7DAC347EC9EAD1">
<heading id="3A149EA4FB44BAEBAE2A54027648FE76" reason="title">Etymology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="946E5D87604E092ADCF889DA23907103">
The specific name was derived from the Latin words
<emphasis id="BF49975B021C6769DE4BDA8AFC87F47A" italics="true">multi</emphasis>
(many) and
<emphasis id="D88F7C2CBAC5413CA70708946D1B63BB" italics="true">radius</emphasis>
(ray or beam), which refers to the large number of the spokes of wheel ossicles.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EJKAG" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="FECEAF2F989F6F59AC4474A7475AB6C8">
<heading id="C128410BAD86E80542C34F8EE88E336E" reason="title">Distribution and habitat.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EAAFCB94C87316515D2281DACF6BB356">
Known only from the type locality so far. In this field, the
<typeStatus id="5770E90ACAA8A08A7CB07CF9FEA443D1" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
was found on flat sedimentary terrains. Benthic species, no swimming behaviour was observed.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EOKAG" type="remarks">
<paragraph id="DC4A3388AC0D7AC59EB931672A1D2C7A">
<heading id="5BF153146072AC4E52363D8FC07A2322" reason="title">Remarks.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="217026311561A8AD14E8BD891DFD7721">
<taxonomicName id="78AEE5FE87509972EE1A2FCF21467341" authorityName="Xiao &amp; Zhang" authorityYear="2025" class="Holothuroidea" family="Laetmogonidae" genus="Laetmogone" kingdom="Animalia" order="Elasipodida" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="multiradiolus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="0F3E42FB40C5560E66874F72F8A91DAF" italics="true">Laetmogone multiradiolus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="6F99CE9954D4E8D91FDE040022CFCB6C" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
clearly belongs to the genus
<taxonomicName id="A891A900C215401AEADCADEEAA69FE0D" authorityName="Theel" authorityYear="1882" class="Holothuroidea" family="Laetmogonidae" genus="Laetmogone" kingdom="Animalia" order="Elasipodida" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="78F269F3EF0E1D6C7D1A18BDBC5C551D" italics="true">Laetmogone</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and possesses 12 pairs of tube feet, which makes
<taxonomicName id="3713260C89F7B136CE583A5D0175D00A" authorityName="Xiao &amp; Zhang" authorityYear="2025" class="Holothuroidea" family="Laetmogonidae" genus="Laetmogone" kingdom="Animalia" order="Elasipodida" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="multiradiolus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="C00D6765D240DC36FEAEC8CE2A72CD97" italics="true">Laetmogone multiradiolus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="BB63B39EDE9DB5A3E93162BAB1D63FFD" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
unique amongst the known
<taxonomicName id="DAEF663806D2DE5DA9C9923EDDA8A5A9" class="Holothuroidea" family="Laetmogonidae" genus="Laetmogone" kingdom="Animalia" order="Elasipodida" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="BDFB43F95B4B1F591A61F271375EE4E7" italics="true">Laetmogone</emphasis>
species.
</taxonomicName>
The new species was characterised by a single type of wheel, with 45 (rarely 6) central rays and 817 spokes. These features place it most similar to
<taxonomicName id="9D7A0D90CA535C47CF59F6EE2639C99F" authority="Theel, 1879" authorityName="Theel" authorityYear="1879" class="Holothuroidea" family="Laetmogonidae" genus="Laetmogone" kingdom="Animalia" order="Elasipodida" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="wyvillethomsoni">
<emphasis id="525392C4691F533D5741D9191880B2C8" italics="true">Laetmogone wyvillethomsoni</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="C8CB1CD852E3D6A22F2E92DC63D8CCA5" author="Théel H" issue="19" journalOrPublisher="Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens handlingar" pagination="1-20" refId="B37" refString="Theel H (1879) Preliminary Report on the Holothuridae of the Exploring Voyage of H. M. S. &quot; Challenger &quot; under Professor Sir C. Wyville Thomson. Part I. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens handlingar 5 (19): 1 - 20." title="Preliminary Report on the Holothuridae of the Exploring Voyage of H. M. S. “ Challenger ” under Professor Sir C. Wyville Thomson. Part I." volume="5" year="1879">Théel, 1879</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
. However,
<taxonomicName id="EAB2662BE81DDEC73D4B15440D9BEE5A" authorityName="Xiao &amp; Zhang" authorityYear="2025" class="Holothuroidea" family="Laetmogonidae" genus="Laetmogone" kingdom="Animalia" order="Elasipodida" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="multiradiolus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="5871118903C9BDBB22F00E8BB0556A22" italics="true">L. multiradiolus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="D2D98CB10355F9CA18A2F224A37213D6" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
can be differentiated from
<taxonomicName id="B6088C7DDA21300BB2DF146C67428B1E" authorityName="Theel" authorityYear="1879" class="Holothuroidea" family="Laetmogonidae" genus="Laetmogone" kingdom="Animalia" order="Elasipodida" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="wyvillethomsoni">
<emphasis id="816791890654B2F5D382D45AA14703BF" italics="true">L. wyvillethomsoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the following features: (1) The number of tentacles and tube feet were different.
<taxonomicName id="A6C34478D682844D37A89C72FBB3E109" authorityName="Xiao &amp; Zhang" authorityYear="2025" class="Holothuroidea" family="Laetmogonidae" genus="Laetmogone" kingdom="Animalia" order="Elasipodida" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="multiradiolus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="90722536D5F578E855F052DD43BE6068" italics="true">L. multiradiolus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="93301E3DB105A9EE7692CB85721D133A" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
had 17 tentacles and 12 tube feet on each side, whereas
<taxonomicName id="AF72C2D2AB3C8E48D6C7F825A54875E6" authorityName="Theel" authorityYear="1879" class="Holothuroidea" family="Laetmogonidae" genus="Laetmogone" kingdom="Animalia" order="Elasipodida" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="wyvillethomsoni">
<emphasis id="F420279AF469BDF05FAD84574BE029A2" italics="true">L. wyvillethomsoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
had 15 tentacles and at least 15 tube feet on each side. (2) In the new species, larger wheels reached
<quantity id="873584BFA0FB45BDD33D114F662CB859" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.1" unit="mm" value="0.21">0.21 mm</quantity>
in diameter, whereas in
<taxonomicName id="540395BAB17A460E97B39FF2FA54DFAC" authorityName="Theel" authorityYear="1879" class="Holothuroidea" family="Laetmogonidae" genus="Laetmogone" kingdom="Animalia" order="Elasipodida" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="wyvillethomsoni">
<emphasis id="EA2AC6F628C9F6BDEFB09684DBE06FF8" italics="true">L. wyvillethomsoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, wheels&gt;
<quantity id="873D5CF5F1AA0F7E7C1FCA481BD6D738" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.6" unit="mm" value="0.16">0.16 mm</quantity>
in diameter were not found. (3) Wheels in
<taxonomicName id="19133E8D68016869BFAE853BC22BEBED" authorityName="Theel" authorityYear="1879" class="Holothuroidea" family="Laetmogonidae" genus="Laetmogone" kingdom="Animalia" order="Elasipodida" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="wyvillethomsoni">
<emphasis id="530DC352F270790784A56AE4589F4673" italics="true">L. wyvillethomsoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
had 814 spokes and some wheels in
<taxonomicName id="D1C241F0B9364955F9947C03EC6A1436" authorityName="Xiao &amp; Zhang" authorityYear="2025" class="Holothuroidea" family="Laetmogonidae" genus="Laetmogone" kingdom="Animalia" order="Elasipodida" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="multiradiolus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="418B70A24328D3BF6A42127A0DFEB1C2" italics="true">L. multiradiolus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="3B1A56B33FC18EF067AF035594FD1A4F" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
had spokes&gt; 14 (817).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1B5CAAF6394DFA45DF8F55DA7AA304B2">
The new species was also quite different from other
<taxonomicName id="A71265B65284F02707CE01FC45EE97CA" class="Holothuroidea" family="Laetmogonidae" genus="Laetmogone" kingdom="Animalia" order="Elasipodida" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="1782B009B2C800BD18E8730C768D9474" italics="true">Laetmogone</emphasis>
species.
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName id="DF02E153961A51C362622A947416A706" authorityName="Xiao &amp; Zhang" authorityYear="2025" class="Holothuroidea" family="Laetmogonidae" genus="Laetmogone" kingdom="Animalia" order="Elasipodida" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="multiradiolus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="36A5053A7DD12D89FB0E5DAAD65FBFCE" italics="true">Laetmogone multiradiolus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="3E36904836335B20DFCF2B879C029466" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
differed from
<taxonomicName id="66D00B3774908BF8A33CEAEF2985CFC5" baseAuthorityName="Théel" baseAuthorityYear="1879" class="Holothuroidea" family="Laetmogonidae" genus="Laetmogone" kingdom="Animalia" order="Elasipodida" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="maculatus">
<emphasis id="FC78ABEBAD9568A9B6D785B35E3AA27E" italics="true">L. maculatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the absence of rosettes, from
<taxonomicName id="80662880D1738D28C1BB1A5AB59EF282" authority="Theel, 1879" authorityName="Theel" authorityYear="1879" class="Holothuroidea" family="Laetmogonidae" genus="Laetmogone" kingdom="Animalia" order="Elasipodida" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="violacea">
<emphasis id="DD6AA1617FEC5E37DB6B566F71DC39C6" italics="true">L. violacea</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EE89EC9855167D2F119034D1909A54DE" author="Théel H" issue="19" journalOrPublisher="Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens handlingar" pagination="1-20" refId="B37" refString="Theel H (1879) Preliminary Report on the Holothuridae of the Exploring Voyage of H. M. S. &quot; Challenger &quot; under Professor Sir C. Wyville Thomson. Part I. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens handlingar 5 (19): 1 - 20." title="Preliminary Report on the Holothuridae of the Exploring Voyage of H. M. S. “ Challenger ” under Professor Sir C. Wyville Thomson. Part I." volume="5" year="1879">Théel, 1879</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
by the absence of crosses, from
<taxonomicName id="5A55E3F2B00C3EDEF129941B290397D2" baseAuthorityName="H. L. Clark" baseAuthorityYear="1913" class="Holothuroidea" family="Laetmogonidae" genus="Laetmogone" kingdom="Animalia" order="Elasipodida" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="scotoeides">
<emphasis id="84BE84710CC4A7E0CA4D1AB90D654825" italics="true">L. scotoeides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="9CE7CA6E7022C86227436A4D8FD14F7C" baseAuthorityName="Theel" baseAuthorityYear="1879" class="Holothuroidea" family="Laetmogonidae" genus="Laetmogone" kingdom="Animalia" order="Elasipodida" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="maculata">
<emphasis id="4367AB5BAD3A2E807F5B302FFB94B08B" italics="true">L. maculata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="A01107EF1CB83030B82201EFF50D1E65" baseAuthorityName="Sluiter" baseAuthorityYear="1901" class="Holothuroidea" family="Laetmogonidae" genus="Laetmogone" kingdom="Animalia" order="Elasipodida" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="fimbriata">
<emphasis id="A2910D13310AC0186FBB4B9C39CCA457" italics="true">L. fimbriata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="671488BE2555C47E787060BA0CE22F68" class="Holothuroidea" family="Laetmogonidae" genus="Laetmogone" kingdom="Animalia" order="Elasipodida" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="billetti">
<emphasis id="24EFD1E44DE8CF9EFAF7E111FCA8B4DB" italics="true">L. billetti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="76C615AEF998FD594913CA3C8EAEB438" baseAuthorityName="Mitsukuri" baseAuthorityYear="1897" class="Holothuroidea" family="Laetmogonidae" genus="Laetmogone" kingdom="Animalia" order="Elasipodida" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="ijimai">
<emphasis id="892080818E25D6BD58455534A6EA85F8" italics="true">L. ijimai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="F378E6BD675DA497142A6A3F2DB6BBFF" authorityName="Fisher" authorityYear="1907" class="Holothuroidea" family="Laetmogonidae" genus="Laetmogone" kingdom="Animalia" order="Elasipodida" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="biserialis">
<emphasis id="73213A52D6992EA57AFF7198D988295A" italics="true">L. biserialis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4A7124D9072D9FB1E45EEA520CEA4ED8" authorityName="Massin" authorityYear="1987" class="Holothuroidea" family="Laetmogonidae" genus="Laetmogone" kingdom="Animalia" order="Elasipodida" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="pervipedata">
<emphasis id="44C534FA31EFD6A362170C34C0185A3E" italics="true">L. pervipedata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the absence of two distinct types of wheels. The number of tentacles and tube feet makes
<taxonomicName id="D65CFCF65484C7233A205EBC9085044D" authorityName="Xiao &amp; Zhang" authorityYear="2025" class="Holothuroidea" family="Laetmogonidae" genus="Laetmogone" kingdom="Animalia" order="Elasipodida" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="multiradiolus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="E5A59FCA47DD4F4F444EDF6337CC636D" italics="true">L. multiradiolus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="8435498813638FF5310D51F834FCB57E" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
and
<taxonomicName id="3CA20907C0E172CAFFA9523FB4B2B784" authorityName="Ludwig" authorityYear="1893" class="Holothuroidea" family="Laetmogonidae" genus="Laetmogone" kingdom="Animalia" order="Elasipodida" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="theeli">
<emphasis id="4F7C0633B3A4BAD2B7C7717E71D7A833" italics="true">L. theeli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
different; the latter species had numerous tube feet and 20 tentacles, whereas the new species had relatively few tube feet and 17 tentacles. The difference between
<taxonomicName id="E758EE3797BBFF0F75A289389F059AC6" authorityName="Sluiter" authorityYear="1901" class="Holothuroidea" family="Laetmogonidae" genus="Laetmogone" kingdom="Animalia" order="Elasipodida" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="interjacens">
<emphasis id="4B01EDB1FD7C220960F835B687F7DD6F" italics="true">L. interjacens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="0E9DE8120844D464509D9276F94BD869" authorityName="Thandar" authorityYear="1998" class="Holothuroidea" family="Laetmogonidae" genus="Laetmogone" kingdom="Animalia" order="Elasipodida" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="perplexa">
<emphasis id="D6BE8E65CB6B646ED785672F350247BC" italics="true">L. perplexa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="14CBE87345F183034395B82F623DFC19" authorityName="Xiao &amp; Zhang" authorityYear="2025" class="Holothuroidea" family="Laetmogonidae" genus="Laetmogone" kingdom="Animalia" order="Elasipodida" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="multiradiolus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="FCFD911953102F4373E5AB785247F65E" italics="true">L. multiradiolus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="689624279776E581CDD29EE747DDCD0F" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is that the new species had large, conspicuous papillae and the papillae of the former two species were small or minute. The dorsal papillae were arranged in two rows along the dorsal radii (four rows along dorsal radii in
<taxonomicName id="C6B5D0A56C514F41ABD51F37BF5FED21" authorityName="Massin" authorityYear="1987" class="Holothuroidea" family="Laetmogonidae" genus="Laetmogone" kingdom="Animalia" order="Elasipodida" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="parvipedata">
<emphasis id="86A030EA12A638F764AD0AEFDFAC8BB8" italics="true">L. parvipedata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), which distinguished
<taxonomicName id="349F4C2277B63448B697C764F4AE4B17" authorityName="Xiao &amp; Zhang" authorityYear="2025" class="Holothuroidea" family="Laetmogonidae" genus="Laetmogone" kingdom="Animalia" order="Elasipodida" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="multiradiolus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="BAF75C49791D976C25A97C8A94801A2D" italics="true">L. multiradiolus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="6488E5E8A4A5C831D724A260B6B2A76F" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
from
<taxonomicName id="E1C78D68AD08C3647D2B5D8474C37DEB" authorityName="Massin" authorityYear="1987" class="Holothuroidea" family="Laetmogonidae" genus="Laetmogone" kingdom="Animalia" order="Elasipodida" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="parvipedata">
<emphasis id="1F7B2A11EEAE5159B3F4548CA1A3A46E" italics="true">L. parvipedata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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