New Prototrochus species of sea cucumber from Australia (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Synaptida: Myriotrochidae)
Author
O’Loughlin, Mark
Author
Macintosh, Hugh
text
Zootaxa
2015
3995
1
264
270
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3995.1.22
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1175-5326
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Key to the Australasian species of
Prototrochus
Beljaev & Mironov, 1982
1. Myriotrochid wheel diameters relatively small, not more than 150
µ
m............................................ 2
– Myriotrochid wheel diameters relatively large, no smaller than 150
µ
m........................................... 4
2. Wheel spokes more than ten (spokes 12–15)........................
P. roniae
sp. nov.
(Great Australian Bight,
1479 m
)
– Wheel spokes fewer than ten............................................................................. 3
3. Teeth around inner rim of wheels at least 27 (teeth 27–34)......
P. robbinsae
sp. nov.
(off Albany, Western
Australia
,
772 m
)
– Teeth around inner rim of wheels no more than 22 (teeth 18–22)..........................................................................
P. staplesi
O’Loughlin
(in
O’Loughlin & VandenSpiegel, 2007
) (off eastern Victoria,
1119 m
)
4. Teeth around inner rim of wheels 30 and more (teeth 30–34)...........................................................................
P. burni
O’Loughlin
(in
O’Loughlin & VandenSpiegel, 2007
) (off Point Hicks, Victoria,
2900 m
)
– Teeth around inner rim of wheels no more than 30............................................................ 5
5. Largest wheel diameters more than 290
µ
m (wheel diameters 155–297
µ
m)......................................................................................
P. australis
(
Beljaev & Mironov, 1981
)
(northern Tasman Sea, 1500)
– Largest wheel diameters no more than 250
µ
m (wheel diameters 207–243
µ
m)........................................................
P. taniae
O’Loughlin
(in
O’Loughlin & VandenSpiegel, 2007
) (off southern New South
Wales
,
996 m
)