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Gebruk
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2012
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321, 3 text figs. (synonymy).
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<emphasis id="AD99EAAD3852D77239E3D8A3B530FB44" bold="true" box="[151,266,1209,1234]" pageId="1" pageNumber="42">Diagnosis</emphasis>
(see
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Gebruk
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2012
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. A32143, west coast of
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, between Cape Peninsula and just north of Lamberts Bay,
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,
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, Demersal Trawl V279,
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. Both specimens poorly preserved. Body oval in live state, sub-cylindrical to oval in preservative. Skin thick, with folds and wrinkles, covered in a slimy coat with very fine adhering sediment and fish scales. Mouth ventral, anus terminal, anal teeth/papillae absent. Colour in life white, almost translucent, white to grey in alcohol. Length up to
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. Tube feet very reduced, difficult to discern. Tentacles 20, rounded with 34 terminal processes.
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<paragraph id="9F5236BF3852D77239B3D9E7B001F9AC" blockId="1.[151,1437,1209,1954]" pageId="1" pageNumber="42">A32144—eviscerated, calcareous ring and associated structures lost; gonad and respiratory trees absent; large intestine filling almost entire coelomic cavity. Longitudinal muscles unpaired, thin.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9F5236BF3852D77239B3DA5FB0D8F914" blockId="1.[151,1437,1209,1954]" pageId="1" pageNumber="42">A32143—partially eviscerated, calcareous ring, Polian vesicle, respiratory trees and gonad absent; stone canal attached to dorsal body wall; madreporite small, bean-shaped; longitudinal muscles as in A32144.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9F5236BF3852D77239B3DA97B5FDF8A0" blockId="1.[151,1437,1209,1954]" pageId="1" pageNumber="42">Ossicles present in body wall and tentacles only. Dorsal and ventral body wall ossicles comprise triradiate tables with rounded disc (69134 µm), with irregular margins and with a central hole surrounded by 6-8 large marginal holes; spire with three smooth pillars, terminating in a single point or in three fork-like projections, and a single transverse beam. Tentacle rods short (200-345 µm), margins usually adorned with spines, rarely smooth, medially indented at times.</paragraph>
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(from
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Gebruk
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). Cosmopolitan with numerous records from the north-east Atlantic, also known from the north-west Atlantic, off West Africa, south-east Atlantic Ocean, Indo-Malayan archipelago and
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<emphasis id="AD99EAAD3851D77139E3DF7FB529FCED" bold="true" box="[151,275,869,891]" pageId="2" pageNumber="43">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
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. (Theel,1886) A32143. A. Tentacle rods; B. Body wall ossicles.
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<emphasis id="AD99EAAD3851D77139E3D9D4B528FA75" bold="true" box="[151,274,1486,1508]" pageId="2" pageNumber="43">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="AD99EAAD3851D771386DD9D4B5EEFA72" box="[281,468,1486,1508]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="43">Zygothuria lactea,</emphasis>
(Theel, 1886)
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A32143. A. Tables of body wall; B. Rods of tentacles; C. Specimen entire.
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<emphasis id="AD99EAAD3851D77139B3DA16B501F9B3" bold="true" box="[199,315,1548,1573]" pageId="2" pageNumber="43">Remarks.</emphasis>
Due to the poorly preserved and eviscerated state of the specimens, it is difficult to make an accurate determination but the specimens come very close to
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<emphasis id="AD99EAAD3851D7713A3BDA35B023F9DE" box="[847,1049,1583,1608]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="43">Zygothuria lactea</emphasis>
(
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)
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in the general body form and appearance of the tri-radiate tables. While the form of the tables may be identical to those described for the species, the disc diameter is noticeably smaller than that recorded by Théel (disc 200 µm) and Gebruk
<emphasis id="AD99EAAD3851D7713C16DA63B1A6F906" box="[1378,1436,1655,1680]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="43">et al.</emphasis>
(disc 150200 µm). Stellate or hexagonal discs are not obvious and none of the pillars are adorned with spines. This is the first record of tentacle deposits in the species. Tube feet rods reported by
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Gebruk
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(2012)
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,
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and
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were not observed. This species has been recorded from the south-east Atlantic Ocean by the Valdivia (
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), about
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off the west coast of
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. The current record is therefore the first from truly South African waters; hence some geographic variations between distantly distributed populations (north and mid-South Atlantic and the South African region) must exist with one specimen possessing table spires terminating in a single point only and incomplete discs. These could be attributed to individual or age variations, as one specimen measured
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and the other
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. It does not appear that two species are here represented. The combination
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<emphasis id="AD99EAAD3851D7713BD6DBA6B750F843" box="[674,874,1980,2005]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="43">Zygothuria lactea</emphasis>
(
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has been accepted by WoRMS. The north-east Atlantic variety
<emphasis id="AD99EAAD3850D77038BADC8DB603FF26" box="[462,569,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="44">oxysclera</emphasis>
, reported by Perrier (1902) and
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, but rejected by several workers since, has been elevated to full specific status by
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Gebruk
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(2012)
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. It is characterised by tables with a meshwork-like holes on the discs and a single-armed spire which is often armed by minute spines. This combination has also been accepted by WoRMS. The specimen with tables with single armed spire, in the current collection, is not ascribed to this species because of the deterioration of most of the table discs.
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