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<emphasis id="B97FD930FFA84B1AFF5F255DFE11B37D" bold="true" box="[151,394,1570,1596]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Massinium albicans</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="8BB40522FFA84B1AFF5F253AFE0CB31E" blockId="7.[151,495,1570,1631]" box="[151,407,1605,1631]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">(figs 5AM, 6AF, 7)</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="4C0B7EA1FFA84B1AFF5F25EFFE07B3E6" ID-CoL="46V8J" box="[151,412,1680,1703]" class="Holothuroidea" family="Phyllophoridae" genus="Neothyonidium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Dendrochirotida" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="magnum">
<emphasis id="B97FD930FFA84B1AFF5F25EFFE07B3E6" box="[151,412,1680,1703]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Neothyonidium magnum</emphasis>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="EF9A78D3FFA84B1AFE6125EFFDF5B3E6" author="Cherbonnier" box="[425,622,1680,1703]" pageId="7" pageNumber="18" refString="Cherbonnier, G. (1980) Holothuries de Nouvelle-Caledonie. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 4 eme serie 2, section A (3), 615 - 667." type="journal article" year="1980">Cherbonnier 1980</bibRefCitation>
: 656
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, fig 20AQ;
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, fig. 40T (non
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Name bearing
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:
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: MNHN EcHh 3096; 2
<typeStatus id="54B0BB80FFA84B1AFCD525AAFC16B3AE" box="[797,909,1749,1775]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
MNHN EcHh 3087.
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<typeStatus id="54B0BB80FFA84B1AFF0C2585FE9AB255" box="[196,257,1786,1812]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Type</typeStatus>
locality:
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Chenal Devarenne,
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.
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<emphasis id="B97FD930FFA74B15FF5F2451FEBAB207" bold="true" box="[151,289,1838,1862]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B97FD930FFA74B15FEE12450FD97B207" box="[297,524,1839,1862]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Massinium albicans</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B97FD930FFA74B15FDDD2451FDEAB207" bold="true" box="[533,625,1838,1862]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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, Holotype. A. Rosettes and pseudobuttons from anterior body wall; B. Pseudobuttons and rosettes of mid body wall; C. Rosettes of posterior body wall; D. Irregular perforated plates of ventral tube feet; E. Pseudobuttons of ventral tube feet; F. Tables of introvert; G. Rosettes of introvert tube feet; H. Tables of introvert tube feet; J. Perforated plates of introvert tube feet; K. Elongated rosettes of peristome; L. Rosettes of shaft of large tentacle; M. Lattice-like deposit and rosettes of gonoduct; N. Rosettes of longitudinal muscles of cloacal retractor muscles.
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<paragraph id="8BB40522FFA64B14FF5F2554FA8FB323" blockId="9.[151,1436,1579,1634]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
<emphasis id="B97FD930FFA64B14FF5F2554FE82B302" bold="true" box="[151,281,1579,1603]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C0B7EA1FFA64B14FEE82554FE6CB303" box="[288,503,1579,1602]" class="Holothuroidea" family="Phyllophoridae" genus="Massinium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Dendrochirotida" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="albicans" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B97FD930FFA64B14FEE82554FE6CB303" box="[288,503,1579,1602]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Massinium albicans</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B97FD930FFA64B14FE352554FDC8B302" bold="true" box="[509,595,1579,1603]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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, Holotype. A &amp; B. Pseudobuttons of mid body wall; C. Tables of introvert; D. Rosettes of introvert tube feet; E. Perforated plates and table of introvert tube feet; F. Rosettes of peristome.
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<paragraph id="8BB40522FFA64B14FF0C25D5FE25B251" blockId="9.[151,1437,1706,2032]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
<emphasis id="B97FD930FFA64B14FF0C25D5FE53B385" bold="true" box="[196,456,1706,1732]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Material examined:</emphasis>
<collectionCode id="ED1A9DE7FFA64B14FE1825D4FDB6B384" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988" box="[464,557,1707,1733]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988" name="Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">MNHN</collectionCode>
EcHh 3096 (
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), Chenal Devarenne (
<collectingCountry id="F31C45B2FFA64B14FB9A25D4FA81B384" box="[1106,1306,1707,1733]" name="New Caledonia" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">New Caledonia</collectingCountry>
),
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depth, 1979, coll. Menou;
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, EcHh 3087 (2
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), Baie de Canala (
<collectingCountry id="F31C45B2FFA64B14FB9F25AFFA87B3AB" box="[1111,1308,1744,1770]" name="New Caledonia" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">New Caledonia</collectingCountry>
),
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depth, 1979, coll Menou.
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<emphasis id="B97FD930FFA64B14FF0E2465FED3B275" bold="true" box="[198,328,1818,1844]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Diagnosis:</emphasis>
Medium-sized, U-shaped species with bloated mid-body with short anterior and long posterior ends. Tables of introvert of two
<typeStatus id="54B0BB80FFA64B14FDDC243FFDCDB21B" box="[532,598,1856,1882]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">types</typeStatus>
: those with small ovoid to octagonal disc, perforated by four large and 12 small holes alternating with the large ones, and those with more (1520), small peripheral holes. Introvert tube feet with tables with reduced spire and perforated plates of various shapes and sizes.
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<subSubSection id="C31156A9FFA64B14FF0C24CFFE9FB2B1" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" type="etymology">
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<emphasis id="B97FD930FFA64B14FF0C24CFFEC4B28B" bold="true" box="[196,351,1968,1994]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Etymology:</emphasis>
The name
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<emphasis id="B97FD930FFA64B14FE2624CEFDC2B28B" box="[494,601,1969,1994]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">albicans</emphasis>
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refers to the yellow-whitish colouration of the body wall and the introvert.
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<emphasis id="B97FD930FFA54B17FF0C2639FEDDB01F" bold="true" box="[196,326,1350,1374]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">FIGURE 7.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B97FD930FFA54B17FE852638FDB8B01F" box="[333,547,1351,1374]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Massinium albicans</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B97FD930FFA54B17FDE12639FDE4B01F" bold="true" box="[553,639,1350,1374]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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Holotype. Calcareous ring. (PV=Polian vesicle; SC=stone canal; G=gut).
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description:
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Specimen entire, well-preserved, but calcareous ring detached from introvert due to previous dissection. Body wall firm, rather thick (
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), slightly rough to the touch. Body form cylindrical, U-shaped, slightly contracted, bloated, with narrow anterior and posterior ends. Introvert well extended, attached to main body. Length of specimen along ventral surface
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; along dorsal surface
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; height of mid-body
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long. Colouration of body and introvert yellowish white. Tube feet of body wall yellowish, numerous, small, mostly retracted except on bloated ventral portion, uniformly scattered over entire body, very small suckers. Tube feet of introvert brownish, darker proximally, aligned in radial areas in two well-defined rows, absent in distal
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. Tentacles 20, according to original description, 10 large, 10 small, arranged in two circles; outer tentacles
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long, shaft whitish with brownish annulations at base, ramifications blackish; inner tentacles arranged in pairs in the radii, uniform white,
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long. Anus small, perhaps surrounded by five (only three counted) small, slender, well calcified teeth, each flanked by a group of terminal podia. Calcareous ring (fig. 7)
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long, tubular with radial and interradial plates fused for five sevenths of the length of calcareous ring, radials prolonged and their processes fused posteriorly, fragmentation of calcareous ring not obvious due to encapsulating thick membrane. Polian vesicles four, three long ones, up to
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(one terminally bifid), and one short, white. Stone canals two, one small, 3.5 mm long, poorly calcified, the other considerably elongated,
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long, and well calcified, both arising together, each inperceptably merging into the madreporite. Introvert retractor muscles thick and short, originating at anterior third of the body.
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<emphasis id="B97FD930FFA44B16FF0C2277FE2DB460" box="[196,438,264,289]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Ossicle assemblage</emphasis>
. Body wall deposits, 1550 Μm long, site dependent: anterior deposits comprise predominantly pseudobuttons and some rosettes (fig. 5A), mid-body wall deposits additionally comprise elongated pseudobuttons with few holes (fig. 5B, 6A&amp;B), posterior deposits comprise mostly rosettes (fig. 5C). Ventral tube feet with irregular perforated plates (fig. 5D) and small, 1520 Μm long, pseudobuttons (fig 5E). Introvert with tables (figs 5F, 6C) and very scarce rosettes of only 2025 Μm long. Tables with round to oval smooth discs, 7090 Μm long, perforated by four central holes of which two are larger than the alternating two, and numerous smaller holes in 23 peripheral circles; spire two-pillared, medium to high, with 12 cross-bars, terminating in two or more, often diverging, toothed projections. Tube feet of introvert with rosettes, tables and multilocular plates (figs 5GJ, 6DE). Rosettes simple to complex, 2040 Μm long, open
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, with distal endings mostly swollen (fig. 5G, 6D). Multilocular plates of various shapes, 50150 Μm long, with mostly larger central perforations and no branched ends (fig. 5J, 6E). Tables scarce, if present, of introvert
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with discs complete, but spire mostly reduced to knobs (fig. 5H, 6E). Peristome with complex, elongated rosettes, 3060 Μm long, with swollen distal endings, often anastamosing (figs 5K, 6E). Shaft and tips of large and small tentacles with deposits similar to those of peristome (fig. 5L). Longitudinal muscles of body wall with rods, rosette-like plates and pseudobuttons. Longitudinal muscles of introvert and of cloacal retractor muscles (fig. 5N) with rosettes only. Gonoduct with rosettes and lattice-like plates (fig. 5M).
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description (2 complete specimens). Morphology as in
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. The ossicle assemblage could not be assessed due to preservation in acidic Bouins fluid which dissolved all the calcareous structures.
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<emphasis id="B97FD930FFA44B16FF0C20D8FEAAB680" bold="true" box="[196,305,935,961]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Ecology:</emphasis>
According to
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, this species lives buried in sand or mud on the outer slope of the reef. They further report that in high current environments population density is low, whereas in calmer conditions population density is high and that the species is still visible during the day, but more active during the night. Although listed as rare, the authors report its presence around the whole of
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, at depths of
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.
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<emphasis id="B97FD930FFA44B16FF0C271DFEDBB13D" bold="true" box="[196,320,1122,1148]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Remarks:</emphasis>
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noted that the ossicle assemblage of the introvert of his New Caledonian specimen differs from that described by
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.
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therefore examined the slides prepared by Sluiter and discovered that, in addition to the tables with a small ovoid to octagonal disc, perforated by four large holes and 12 small perforations alternating with the large holes, numerous other tables with more (1520), small peripheral holes were also present in the introvert of his New Caledonian specimen (cf.
<bibRefCitation id="EF9A78D3FFA44B16FEF62662FD83B076" author="Cherbonnier" box="[318,536,1309,1335]" pageId="11" pageNumber="18" refString="Cherbonnier, G. (1980) Holothuries de Nouvelle-Caledonie. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 4 eme serie 2, section A (3), 615 - 667." type="journal article" year="1980">Cherbonnier 1980</bibRefCitation>
: fig. 20 F).
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further noted that the spire of these tables is rather low, ending in four short smooth to spiny points (Cf
<bibRefCitation id="EF9A78D3FFA44B16FC8E263DFB85B01D" author="Cherbonnier" box="[838,1054,1346,1372]" pageId="11" pageNumber="18" refString="Cherbonnier, G. (1988) Echinodermes: Holothurides. Faune de Madagascar 70, 1 - 292." type="journal article" year="1988">Cherbonnier 1988</bibRefCitation>
: fig. 20K). However, in Sluiters preparations he failed to locate tables that have their disc and spire similar to those he illustrates (cf.
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: figs 20 F,J,L,N). He correctly questioned if his, Sluiters or Domantays (1933) records are the true
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<emphasis id="B97FD930FFA44B16FF3326CCFE1DB08D" box="[251,390,1459,1484]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">N. magnum</emphasis>
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. After examination of the
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, he concluded that the tables in the introvert of his material correspond best with the
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.
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We disagree with Cherbonniers (1980) decision because the tables in the
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material, here described as a new species, have their discs perforated with more holes and show the spires terminating in pronounced tooth-like projections. Moreover, we note there is a marked difference in the plate-like deposits of the introvert tube feet of the of the two species. While those of
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<emphasis id="B97FD930FFA44B16FC602512FBAEB3C7" box="[936,1077,1645,1670]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">M. magnum</emphasis>
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are highly irregular with their terminal ends branched (figs 1C, 2C), those of
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<emphasis id="B97FD930FFA44B16FD0725ECFCC7B3ED" box="[719,860,1683,1708]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">M. albicans</emphasis>
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are more regular, never with branched terminal ends, and with much more smaller perforations (figs 5J, 6F). Moreover, the peristomial deposits in both species vary considerably (cf. figs 1D, 2D with figs 5K, 6F). Lastly, the colouration of the introvert of
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<emphasis id="B97FD930FFA44B16FAB425A2FF67B25D" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">M. albicans</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B97FD930FFA44B16FEF0247CFE5DB25D" box="[312,454,1795,1820]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">M. magnum</emphasis>
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is markedly different (cf.
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, fig 113a with
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: 103).
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<emphasis id="B97FD930FFA44B16FF0C2432FED5B227" box="[196,334,1869,1894]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">M. albicans</emphasis>
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is perhaps endemic to
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.
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