A new genus and new species of Sclerodactylidae (Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida) from the south-western Atlantic coast
Author
Martins, Luciana
Author
Souto, Camilla
Author
Menegola, Carla
text
Zootaxa
2012
3506
54
62
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.214409
3d96ed70-e684-4763-bd45-41563b993835
1175-5326
214409
Coronatum
gen. nov.
Martins & Souto.
Diagnosis.
Tentacles 10, ventral-most two much reduced. Tube feet scattered on body wall, never restricted to the ambulacra. Calcareous ring compact with short posterior processes. Body wall ossicles are two-pillared tables, tube feet with two-pillared supporting tables, and introvert contains tables and rosettes.
Etymology.
The name of the genus is derived from the Latin words
corona
(crown) in reference to the numerous small teeth as shown on top of the body wall tables. The gender is neuter.
Type
species.
Coronatum baiensis
sp. nov.
Martins & Souto.
Remarks.
The new genus was described to accommodate only the
type
species described herein. The twelve Sclerodactylinae genera can be organized into four distinct groups according to the set of ossicles within the body wall: 1) cups (
Apentamera, Deichmannae, Eugeliella
), 2) knobbed buttons (
Eupentacta
,
Neothyone
,
Neopentamera
,
Pachythyone
,
Pseudothyone
), 3) plates (
Athyone
), and 4) tables (
Havelockia
,
Sclerodactyla
,
Coronatum
gen. nov.
). Therefore,
Coronatum
gen. nov.
differs from the other groups by having tables in the body wall.
Coronatum
gen. nov.
differs from
Havelockia
by having rosettes in the introvert, and from
Sclerodactyla
by the presence of four-pillared tables in the latter genus.