A taxonomic guide to the Echinodermata of the South Atlantic Bight, USA: 1. Sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea)
Author
Pawson, David L.
Author
Pawson, Doris J.
Author
King, Rachael A.
text
Zootaxa
2010
2449
1
48
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.195134
f634771d-2f16-4f5a-87ce-06c29fb67e92
1175-5326
195134
Psolus fabricii
(
Düben & Koren, 1846
)
Figure 24
Cuvieria fabricii
Düben & Koren 1846
: 316
.
Psolus fabricii
.—
Deichmann, 1930
: 191
; Pawson, 1977: 12, fig. 14;
Miller & Turner, 1986
: 484
.
Material examined.
DML 677, Off Cape Lookout, NC,
34º12'N
,
76º11'W
,
September 14, 1962
,
73 m
.
FIGURE 24.
Psolus fabricii
(Düben & Koren, 1846)
. A, whole animal; B, C, D, cups and ellipses.
Diagnosis.
Length up to
19cm
. Color presumably whitish to yellowish. Sole thick and leathery. Scales in young covered with pearl-like granules; in adults granules fuse with scales to form irregular ridges. 8–10 scales between mouth and anus. Five to 6 blunt triangular oral scales, not forming distinct oral valves; inside these, 5 narrow tooth-like scales; around anus, 5 anal teeth, and outside these 1–2 circles of scales,
5–6 in
each circle. Ossicles numerous complicated cups or ellipses (60–200µm).
Distribution.
Norway
to New
England
, NC.
Habitat.
Usually attached to hard substrates.
0–1800 m
.
Remarks.
Mortensen (1932) notes that some Arctic specimens of this species were overgrown with hydroids.