A revision of Antarctic and some Indo-Pacific apodid sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Apodida) Author O’Loughlin, P. Mark Author VandenSpiegel, Didier text Memoirs of Museum Victoria 2010 2010-12-31 67 61 95 https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-67-2010/pages-61-95/ journal article 10.24199/j.mmv.2010.67.06 1447-2554 12212210 5A8C650E-A34A-4072-A797-0A75D218DD7C Paradota weddellensis Gutt, 1990 Figure 16 ; table 2 Paradota weddellensis Gutt, 1990: 125–126 , figs 11–14, table 3.— Massin, 1992: 322–323 .— O’Loughlin et al. 2009 : table 1. Material examined. Scotia Sea , South Orkney Is, US AMLR stn 104, 63º13.92'S 59º27.47'W , 759 m , NMV F168842 (5) ; South Sandwich Is , 351–393 m , USNM E49614 (20+) ; South Shetland Is , 59 m , USNM E49620 (1). Antarctic Peninsula, Joinville I., 265 m , USNM E49619 (1); Palmer Archipelago, 126 m , USNM E49616 (1). Ross Sea, NIWA expedition 2001, 66º49'S 162º37'E , 292 m , NIWA 61095 (1) ; stn TAN0602/448, 66º56'S 162º57'E , 85 m , NIWA 49800 (1) ; NZ IPY–CAML stn TAN0802/272, 66º96'S 170º93'E, 658 m , NIWA 38869 (1). Prydz Bay , ANARE 1987 stn 7, 68º40'S 77º12'E , 505–578 m , NMV F76845 (1) ; NMV F76846 (1). Heard I., ANARE AA92–01 , 52º57'S 73º21'E , 159–176 m , NMV F84977 (1); AA92–06, 53º13'S 73º40'E , 120 m , NMV F84979 (1); AA92–08, 52º41'S 72º56'E , 215 m , NMV F84978 (1) . Diagnosis (after Gutt 1990 ). Chiridotinid species up to 180 mm long; body wall thick; tentacles 12, peltato-digitate, 5–7 pairs of digits; calcareous ring lacking anterior and posterior projections; 4 polian vesicles; tentacles with irregular rod ossicles, many slightly bracket-shaped, some with branched ends, some with projections mid-rod; body wall lacking ossicles; longitudinal muscles with rare miliary granules. Distribution. Circum-antarctic, south of Polar Front, 59–1191 m ; Weddell Sea, 225–655 m ( Gutt 1990 ); Scotia Sea, 59–759 m ; Antarctic Peninsula, 126–265 m ; Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctic Peninsula, Peter I Island , 97–1191 m ( O’Loughlin et al. 2009 ); Ross Sea, 85–658 m ; Prydz Bay, 505–578 m ; Heard I., 120– 215 m . Remarks. Paradota weddellensis Gutt is a large apodid with a widespread polar distribution south of the Antarctic Convergence. Paradota marionensis Massin, 1992 occurs north of the Convergence at Marion and Prince Edward Is ( Massin 1992 ). We found rare miliary granules up to 40 µ m long in Ross Sea material.