Two new species of sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) from the seagrass meadow of Penang, Malaysia
Author
Teoh, Vincent Yong Jian
Author
Woo, Sau Pinn
Corresponding: woosaupinn @ usm. my
text
Zootaxa
2022
2022-04-19
5128
1
107
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journal article
55854
10.11646/zootaxa.5128.1.6
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Identification key to the genus
Acaudina
1. Presence of doughnut-shaped bodies….................................................................... 2
- Absence of doughnut-shaped bodies….................................................................... 5
2. Doughnut-shaped bodies spinose........................................................ …
A. spinifera
sp. nov.
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Doughnut-shaped bodies smooth…....................................................................... 3
3. Perforated plates either spinose or smooth…....................................................
A. molpadioides
- Perforated plates always smooth…....................................................................... 4
4. Rod ossicles may have branched ends…...........................................................
A. punctata
-
Rod ossicles without branched ends…..........................................................
A. leucoprocta
5. Ossicles absent…............................................................................
A. pellucida
- Ossicles present.................................................................................... …6
6. Rosette present in body wall…....................................................................
A. rosettis
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Rosette absent in body wall…........................................................................... 7
7. Spinose subspherical ossicles present in body wall….................................................
A. demissa
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Spinose subspherical ossicles absent in body wall….......................................................... 8
8. Rod ossicles dominant in body wall; may be smooth or spinose........................................ …
A. bacilla
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Spinose perforated plates dominant in body wall; rod ossicles always finely spinose…......................
A. suspecta