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Figure 3. ab,
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<emphasis id="ABBDEAF1FFAFFFE7FBC97E4EFB0019F0" box="[1150,1278,1648,1667]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="154">M. constrictus</emphasis>
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(USNM 1022815, paratypes); c, dorsal view (51 mm long); d, ventral view (51 mm long); e, tube feet. fg,
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(USNM 1023615, holotype, 96 mm long); f, ventral view; g, ventrolateral tube feet. h,
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, pygal furrow, gelatinous body, lateral brim (NMV F101849). ik,
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<emphasis id="ABBDEAF1FFAFFFE7FF1A7E81FEDE19A2" box="[173,288,1726,1745]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="154">M. epibiotus</emphasis>
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(USNM 1008183, holotype, 110 mm long); i, ventral view, posterior taper; j, ventral mouth, epibiote concavities (arrows); k, ventral view, epibiote concavity (left arrow), few tube feet (central arrow). l,
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<emphasis id="ABBDEAF1FFAFFFE7FC177EE7FC0D199F" box="[928,1011,1753,1772]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="154">M. helios</emphasis>
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, tentacle digits, tube feet (lower right) (USNM E31104, paratype). mo,
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(NMV F101850, 40 mm long); m, ventral view, serrated margin; n, dorsal anterior view, globigerines attached; o, posterior ventrolateral tube feet.
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Figure 4. Tentacle ossicles (SEM). ad,
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<taxonomicName id="5EC94D60FFA0FFE8FB947E60FB871903" authorityName="O'Loughlin &amp; Ahearn" authorityYear="2005" box="[1059,1145,1629,1648]" class="Holothuroidea" family="Molpadiodemidae" genus="Molpadiodemas" kingdom="Animalia" order="Persiculida" pageId="8" pageNumber="155" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="helios" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="ABBDEAF1FFA0FFE8FB947E60FB871903" box="[1059,1145,1629,1648]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="155">M. helios</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B08E578AFFA0FFE8FB347E60FB311902" box="[1155,1231,1630,1649]" pageId="8" pageNumber="155" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, qr (USNM E31104, paratype), st (USNM E31117, paratype). ux,
<taxonomicName id="5EC94D60FFA0FFE8FD817E46FD5B19F9" authorityName="O'Loughlin &amp; Ahearn" authorityYear="2005" baseAuthorityName="Sluiter" baseAuthorityYear="1901" box="[566,677,1655,1674]" class="Holothuroidea" family="Molpadiodemidae" genus="Molpadiodemas" kingdom="Animalia" order="Persiculida" pageId="8" pageNumber="155" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="involutus">
<emphasis id="ABBDEAF1FFA0FFE8FD817E46FD5B19F9" box="[566,677,1655,1674]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="155">M. involutus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(USNM E49256).
</paragraph>
</caption>
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Figure 5. ad,
<taxonomicName id="5EC94D60FFA1FFE9FF4A7E4EFE6519F0" authorityName="O'Loughlin &amp; Ahearn" authorityYear="2005" box="[253,411,1648,1667]" class="Holothuroidea" family="Pseudostichopodidae" genus="Meseres" kingdom="Animalia" order="Persiculida" pageId="9" pageNumber="156" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="morbillus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="ABBDEAF1FFA1FFE9FF4A7E4EFE6519F0" box="[253,411,1648,1667]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="156">Meseres morbillus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B08E578AFFA1FFE9FE177E4EFE1A19F0" box="[416,484,1648,1667]" pageId="9" pageNumber="156" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, a, lateral view (USNM 1008093, paratype, 91 mm long); b, tentacles, ventrolateral tube feet “spotting” (NMV F101865); c, tentacles, digits (USNM E49243); d, calcareous ring (radial plate right half) (USNM 1008093, paratype). eg,
<taxonomicName id="5EC94D60FFA1FFE9FB467EB5FA8A19EE" authorityName="O'Loughlin &amp; Ahearn" authorityYear="2005" box="[1265,1396,1674,1693]" class="Holothuroidea" family="Molpadiodemidae" genus="Molpadiodemas" kingdom="Animalia" order="Persiculida" pageId="9" pageNumber="156" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="neovillosus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="ABBDEAF1FFA1FFE9FB467EB5FA8A19EE" box="[1265,1396,1674,1693]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="156">M. neovillosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B08E578AFFA1FFE9FACC7EB4FF5519CB" pageId="9" pageNumber="156" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
; e, dorsal view (USNM 1008458, paratype, 71 mm long); f, pygal end, tube feet (USNM 1008458); g, ventrolateral tube feet (BMNH 86.10.2.151, holotype). hk,
<taxonomicName id="5EC94D60FFA1FFE9FE307E81FE0219A2" authorityName="O'Loughlin &amp; Ahearn" authorityYear="2005" box="[391,508,1726,1745]" class="Holothuroidea" family="Molpadiodemidae" genus="Molpadiodemas" kingdom="Animalia" order="Persiculida" pageId="9" pageNumber="156" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="pediculus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="ABBDEAF1FFA1FFE9FE307E81FE0219A2" box="[391,508,1726,1745]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="156">M. pediculus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B08E578AFFA1FFE9FDB57E81FDB519A1" box="[514,587,1727,1746]" pageId="9" pageNumber="156" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
; h, dorsal view, elongate form (USNM 1008318, holotype, 56 mm long); i, ventrolateral tube feet (NMV F104796, paratype); j, tentacles (holotype); k, broadly attached, relatively narrow, slightly thickened, longitudinal muscles (arrows) (paratype). lm,
<taxonomicName id="5EC94D60FFA1FFE9FEC37ECAFE0C1875" authorityName="O'Loughlin &amp; Ahearn" authorityYear="2005" box="[372,498,1779,1798]" class="Holothuroidea" family="Molpadiodemidae" genus="Molpadiodemas" kingdom="Animalia" order="Persiculida" pageId="9" pageNumber="156" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="porphyrus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="ABBDEAF1FFA1FFE9FEC37ECAFE0C1875" box="[372,498,1779,1798]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="156">M. porphyrus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B08E578AFFA1FFE9FE4C7ECAFDBB1874" box="[507,581,1780,1799]" pageId="9" pageNumber="156" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(USNM E38795, holotype, 114 mm long); l, dorsal view, thick rounded brim; m, gonad. no,
<taxonomicName id="5EC94D60FFA1FFE9FF187F30FECA1853" authorityName="O'Loughlin &amp; Ahearn" authorityYear="2005" box="[175,308,1805,1824]" class="Holothuroidea" family="Molpadiodemidae" genus="Molpadiodemas" kingdom="Animalia" order="Persiculida" pageId="9" pageNumber="156" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="translucens" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="ABBDEAF1FFA1FFE9FF187F30FECA1853" box="[175,308,1805,1824]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="156">M. translucens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B08E578AFFA1FFE9FE8D7F30FE7E1852" box="[314,384,1806,1825]" pageId="9" pageNumber="156" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(USNM E48652, holotype, 78 mm long); n, dorsal view, longitudinal muscles visible through translucent body wall (arrows); o, tentacles.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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Figure 6. Gonad ossicles (SEM). ab,
<taxonomicName id="5EC94D60FFA2FFEAFE6B7CB2FD7E1BED" baseAuthorityName="R. Perrier" baseAuthorityYear="1902" box="[476,640,1163,1182]" class="Holothuroidea" family="Pseudostichopodidae" genus="Meseres" kingdom="Animalia" order="Persiculida" pageId="10" pageNumber="157" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="atlanticus">
<emphasis id="ABBDEAF1FFA2FFEAFE6B7CB2FD7E1BED" box="[476,640,1163,1182]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="157">Meseres atlanticus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(USNM E53278). cd,
<taxonomicName id="5EC94D60FFA2FFEAFCE27CB2FC591BED" authorityName="O'Loughlin &amp; Ahearn" authorityYear="2005" box="[853,935,1163,1182]" class="Holothuroidea" family="Molpadiodemidae" genus="Molpadiodemas" kingdom="Animalia" order="Persiculida" pageId="10" pageNumber="157" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="helios" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="ABBDEAF1FFA2FFEAFCE27CB2FC591BED" box="[853,935,1163,1182]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="157">M. helios</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B08E578AFFA2FFEAFC1A7CB2FC0D1BEC" box="[941,1011,1164,1183]" pageId="10" pageNumber="157" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(USNM E31106, holotype). eh,
<taxonomicName id="5EC94D60FFA2FFEAFAAA7CB2FA631BED" authorityName="O'Loughlin &amp; Ahearn" authorityYear="2005" box="[1309,1437,1163,1182]" class="Holothuroidea" family="Molpadiodemidae" genus="Molpadiodemas" kingdom="Animalia" order="Persiculida" pageId="10" pageNumber="157" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="neovillosus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="ABBDEAF1FFA2FFEAFAAA7CB2FA631BED" box="[1309,1437,1163,1182]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="157">M. neovillosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B08E578AFFA2FFEAFF3D7C98FF311BCA" box="[138,207,1190,1209]" pageId="10" pageNumber="157" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(USNM 1008458, paratype). il,
<taxonomicName id="5EC94D60FFA2FFEAFE427C98FD931BCB" authorityName="O'Loughlin &amp; Ahearn" authorityYear="2005" box="[501,621,1189,1208]" class="Holothuroidea" family="Molpadiodemidae" genus="Molpadiodemas" kingdom="Animalia" order="Persiculida" pageId="10" pageNumber="157" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="porphyrus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="ABBDEAF1FFA2FFEAFE427C98FD931BCB" box="[501,621,1189,1208]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="157">M. porphyrus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B08E578AFFA2FFEAFDC57C98FD491BCA" box="[626,695,1190,1209]" pageId="10" pageNumber="157" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(USNM E38795, holotype). mp,
<taxonomicName id="5EC94D60FFA2FFEAFC517C98FBAC1BCB" authorityName="O'Loughlin &amp; Ahearn" authorityYear="2005" box="[998,1106,1189,1208]" class="Holothuroidea" family="Molpadiodemidae" genus="Molpadiodemas" kingdom="Animalia" order="Persiculida" pageId="10" pageNumber="157" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="ustulatus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="ABBDEAF1FFA2FFEAFC517C98FBAC1BCB" box="[998,1106,1189,1208]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="157">M. ustulatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B08E578AFFA2FFEAFBEF7C98FB621BCA" box="[1112,1180,1190,1209]" pageId="10" pageNumber="157" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(USNM 1022493, holotype).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="997636E3FFA2FFEAFF137CC7FEFE1A54" blockId="10.[138,769,1273,1372]" pageId="10" pageNumber="157">
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<typeStatus id="46728841FFA2FFEAFF137CC7FF001A7F" box="[164,254,1273,1292]" pageId="10" pageNumber="157" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
. Type locality and date,
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(20)
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;
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(5).
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<paragraph id="997636E3FFA2FFEAFF137D13FEF51A2F" blockId="10.[138,769,1273,1372]" pageId="10" pageNumber="157">
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.
<typeStatus id="46728841FFA2FFEAFE867D10FEA31A32" box="[305,349,1326,1345]" pageId="10" pageNumber="157">Type</typeStatus>
locality and date,
<specimenCode id="C96F9E98FFA2FFEAFDB57D13FD681A32" box="[514,662,1325,1345]" collectionCode="USNM" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="10" pageNumber="157" type="Museum">USNM 1022816</specimenCode>
(90)
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;
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(10).
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<paragraph id="997636E3FFA2FFEAFF3C7D4FFEDE1991" blockId="10.[138,769,1393,1762]" pageId="10" pageNumber="157">
<emphasis id="ABBDEAF1FFA2FFEAFF3C7D4FFEFE1AF4" box="[139,256,1393,1415]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="157">Description</emphasis>
. Up to
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long; body rounded anteriorly, frequently strongly tapered and narrow posteriorly, dorsoventrally depressed, low convex dorsally, flat ventrally frequently with longitudinal median depression, body typically with one rarely two deep transverse constrictions most frequently posterior to calcareous ring, body rounded ventrolaterally sometimes subacute; body wall thick, firm, soft, semi-gelatinous; even cover of very small tube feet all over body, some very thin erect, about
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long, some lying on body, cylindrical, thin, typically
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long,
<quantity id="5E319B06FFA2FFEAFD287E4BFCFF19F8" box="[671,769,1653,1675]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5" pageId="10" pageNumber="157" unit="mm" value="0.15">0.15 mm</quantity>
diameter, up to
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long, rarely contiguous; longitudinal muscles flat, broadly attached, narrow, slightly thickened; no ossicles found.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="997636E3FFA2FFEAFF3D7EC6FDD418F2" blockId="10.[138,769,1784,1921]" pageId="10" pageNumber="157">
<emphasis id="ABBDEAF1FFA2FFEAFF3D7EC6FF2F187D" box="[138,209,1784,1806]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="157">Colour</emphasis>
. Body dark mauve-brown (largest), pale grey-brown to translucent (smallest), largest sometimes with dark red-brown markings dorsally, sometimes with even cover of mauve to brown spots ventrally creating a mottled appearance; largest tube feet body colour, smallest off-white.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="997636E3FFA2FFEAFF3D7FA9FCFF18DE" blockId="10.[138,769,1943,1965]" box="[138,769,1943,1965]" pageId="10" pageNumber="157">
<emphasis id="ABBDEAF1FFA2FFEAFF3D7FA9FF0618DE" box="[138,248,1943,1965]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="157">Etymology</emphasis>
. From the Latin
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<emphasis id="ABBDEAF1FFA2FFEAFE7B7FA9FDC018DE" box="[460,574,1943,1965]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="157">constrictus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(drawn together,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="997636E3FFA2FFEAFC917CC7FBC21A5F" blockId="10.[806,1437,1273,1324]" pageId="10" pageNumber="157">contracted), referring to the characteristic deep transverse constrictions on specimens.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="ABBDEAF1FFA2FFEAFC917D00FC5D1A27" box="[806,931,1342,1364]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="157">Distribution</emphasis>
. North Atlantic Ocean,
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Trench,
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="997636E3FFA2FFEAFC917DBDFB351935" blockId="10.[806,1438,1411,1809]" pageId="10" pageNumber="157">
<emphasis id="ABBDEAF1FFA2FFEAFC917DBDFC831AEA" box="[806,893,1411,1433]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="157">Remarks</emphasis>
. The transverse constrictions of the body are growth constrictions. They closely resemble similar growth constrictions observed by one of us (M.OL) in the fissiparous cucumariid species
<taxonomicName id="5EC94D60FFA2FFEAFBBF7DE4FC1D197F" authority="O'Loughlin and O'Hara, 1992" authorityName="O'Loughlin and O'Hara" authorityYear="1992" class="Holothuroidea" family="Cucumariidae" genus="Squamocnus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Dendrochirotida" pageId="10" pageNumber="157" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="aureoruber">
<emphasis id="ABBDEAF1FFA2FFEAFBBF7DE4FAEF1A83" box="[1032,1297,1498,1520]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="157">Squamocnus aureoruber</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="FD584B12FFA2FFEAFA947DE4FC1D197F" author="O'Loughlin, P. M. &amp; O'Hara, T. D." pageId="10" pageNumber="157" pagination="227 - 266" refId="ref33707" refString="O'Loughlin, P. M., and O'Hara, T. D. 1992. New cucumariid holothurians (Echinodermata) from southern Australia, including two brooding and one fissiparous species. Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 53 (2): 227 - 266." type="journal article" year="1992">OLoughlin and OHara, 1992</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
.
<bibRefCitation id="FD584B12FFA2FFEAFC477DC8FB05197F" author="Emson, R. H. &amp; Wilkie, I. C." box="[1008,1275,1526,1548]" pageId="10" pageNumber="157" pagination="155 - 250" refId="ref32644" refString="Emson, R. H., and Wilkie, I. C. 1980. Fission and autotomy in echinoderms. Oceanography and Marine Biology Annual Review 18: 155 - 250." type="journal article" year="1980">Emson and Wilkie (1980)</bibRefCitation>
listed six fissiparous holothurian species, four of them aspidochirotids.
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<emphasis id="ABBDEAF1FFA2FFEAFC917E0FFC481934" box="[806,950,1585,1607]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="157">M. constrictus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is judged to be fissiparous.
</paragraph>
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The material was at some stage preserved in formalin solution, which might account for the complete absence of ossicles. Amongst
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<emphasis id="ABBDEAF1FFA2FFEAFC3F7EB9FBD719EE" box="[904,1065,1671,1693]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="157">Molpadiodemas</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
the distinguishing characters of
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<emphasis id="ABBDEAF1FFA2FFEAFCF27E9AFC2719C9" box="[837,985,1700,1722]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="157">M. constrictus</emphasis>
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are: body form typically with a transverse constriction; distinct posterior taper; body colour frequently with dark markings dorsally and mottled ventrally; minute thin erect tube feet; absence of ossicles.
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