Dendrochirotida (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) from the northeastern coast of Brazil
Author
Prata, Jéssica
Author
Manso, Cynthia Lara De Castro
Author
Christoffersen, Martin Lindsey
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-03-25
4755
3
401
453
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4755.3.1
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1175-5334
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Cucumaria solangeae
Martins & Souto, 2015
Cucumaria solangeae
Martins & Souto, 2015: 370–373
, figs 7–8.
Material examined.
No material could be analyzed. The data given below is based on the literature.
Type
locality.
Pituba Beach,
Salvador
,
Bahia
,
Brazil
(
Martins & Souto 2015
).
Diagnosis.
Fusiform body, tube feet arranged in double rows restricted to the radii. Tentacles 10, two most ventral smaller. Calcareous ring compact and simple, lacking posterior processes; plates laterally united at the base. Body wall ossicles consist in knobbed buttons; introvert and tentacles have rods; tube feet with supporting rods and endplate; anal region with plates (
Martins & Souto 2015
).
Geographical distribution.
Pituba Beach,
Salvador
,
Bahia
,
Brazil
; in intertidal zone (
Martins & Souto 2015
).