Taxonomy of the monotypic genus Koehleria Cherbonnier, 1988 (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Cucumariidae)
Author
Thandar, Ahmed S.
Author
Samyn, Yves
text
Zootaxa
2004
652
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.158698
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Genus
Pseudocolochirus
Pearson
Koehleria
Cherbonnier, 1988
: 178
(syn. nov.).
Diagnosis
(after
Pearson 1910
: 172, amended herein) [Typespecies:
Colochirus violaceus
Théel, 1886
, by monotypy]
Small to mediumsized species; tentacles ten, of more or less equal size; larger podia restricted to ambulacra of trivium; smaller podia papilliform, scattered in the interambulacra of especially the bivium; anus dorsal, surrounded by anal teeth, very conspicuous in the
type
species. Ossicles of body wall scarce or numerous, comprising large or small perforated plates / rods of variable thickness, with holes often occluded; few large reticulate rosacelike plates also present.