Ovalidota milleri, a new genus and species of bathyal sea cucumber from the Caribbean Sea (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Apodida)
Author
Pawson, David L.
text
Zootaxa
2004
561
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.157747
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157747
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Family
Chiridotidae Östergren, 1898
Diagnosis: Synaptina with 10, 12, or 18 peltatodigitate, pinnate, or bifurcate tentacles. Juveniles with bifurcate tentacles. Body wall ossicles wheels of chiridotid
type
and/or sigmoid hooks. Chiridotid
type
wheels with six spokes, numerous small denticles on inner side of rim, and a complex hub; on lower side of each spoke a branch leans against the lower end of the hub forming a “star’ structure. Ossicles in tentacles usually rods with branched ends. (From
Smirnov, 1998
).