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, figs. 4, 5 &amp; 14b (syn. &amp; records).
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SAM-A27990,
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Distribution South and south-west
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This characteristic deep-sea species, following
<bibRefCitation id="32184B20F5328754A2D2F6E390955EDF" author="Panning, A." box="[744,929,717,743]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" pagination="404 - 470" refId="ref30710" refString="Panning, A. (1949) Versuch einer Neuordnung der Familie Cucumariidae (Holothurioidea, Dendrochirota). Zoologische Jahrbucher Abteilung fur Systematik, Okologie und Geographie der Tiere, 78, 404 - 470." type="journal article" year="1949">Panning (1949)</bibRefCitation>
, was referred to
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<emphasis id="64FDEAC3F5328754A45FF6E097845EDF" box="[1125,1200,718,743]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Ocnus</emphasis>
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by
<bibRefCitation id="32184B20F5328754A4E7F6E396AC5EDF" author="Thandar, A. S." box="[1245,1432,717,743]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" pagination="115 - 139" refId="ref31301" refString="Thandar, A. S. (1991) The cucumariid holothurians of southern Africa with the erection of a new genus. South African Journal of Zoology, 26 (3), 115 - 139." type="journal article" year="1991">Thandar (1991)</bibRefCitation>
. However,
<bibRefCitation id="32184B20F5328754A12BF6DB92F45F37" author="Panning, A." box="[273,448,757,783]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" pagination="1949" refId="ref30779" refString="Panning, A. (1962) Bermerkungen uber die Holothurien - Familie Cucumariidae (Ordnung Dendrochirota) 3 Teil. Die Gattung Pseudocnus (Panning 1949). Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut, 60,57 - 80." type="journal article" year="1962">Panning (1962</bibRefCitation>
, passim), thought that the species may be referable to
<taxonomicName id="91894D52F5328754A47DF6D897E75F37" authorityName="Panning" authorityYear="1949" box="[1095,1235,758,783]" class="Holothuroidea" family="Cucumariidae" genus="Pseudocnus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Dendrochirotida" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="64FDEAC3F5328754A47DF6D897E75F37" box="[1095,1235,758,783]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Pseudocnus</emphasis>
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, an opinion here disputed because of the presence in its body wall of usually complete baskets and the simplicity, therein, of the plates. Rowe (in
<bibRefCitation id="32184B20F5328754A1B6F76B91815F67" author="Rowe, F. W. E. &amp; Gates, J." box="[396,693,837,863]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" refId="ref30959" refString="Rowe, F. W. E. &amp; Gates, J. (1995) Echinodermata. In Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 33, Melbourne, CSIRO Australia. CSIRO Melbourne: Australia, xiii 510 pp." type="book" year="1995">Rowe &amp; Gates 1995:271</bibRefCitation>
), on the other hand, thought that Théels species may be referable to
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<emphasis id="64FDEAC3F5328754A0CBF740926D5FBF" box="[241,345,878,903]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Pentacta</emphasis>
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, a genus he suspected to be perhaps restricted to the southern African waters. However, he (Rowe, pers. comm.) now believes that the equal size of the tentacles is a generic character and would therefore prefer to consider
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<emphasis id="64FDEAC3F5328754A19CF790913A5FEF" box="[422,526,958,983]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Pentacta</emphasis>
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to be a monotypic South African genus, represented by only
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<emphasis id="64FDEAC3F5328754A4DEF790965D5FEF" box="[1252,1385,958,983]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">P. doliolum</emphasis>
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and that Théels species may still be an
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<emphasis id="64FDEAC3F5328754A206F7C891B35FC7" box="[572,647,998,1023]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Ocnus</emphasis>
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, a genus perhaps extending from the European waters to the south west coast of
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. It is for this reason that, although OLoughlin &amp; O Hara (1992) consider
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<emphasis id="64FDEAC3F5328754A508F0209649581F" box="[1330,1405,1038,1063]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Ocnus</emphasis>
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as most likely a European genus, Theels species is still here retained in
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<emphasis id="64FDEAC3F5328754A3CCF01897755877" box="[1014,1089,1078,1103]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Ocnus</emphasis>
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. It is another South African endemic, restricted to the deep cold temperate waters. Hence, all records of the species outside the southern African region, especially those from shallow, tropical waters (
<bibRefCitation id="32184B20F5328754A347F0A897005898" author="Mitsukuri, K." box="[893,1076,1158,1184]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" pagination="1 - 284" refId="ref30492" refString="Mitsukuri, K. (1912) Studies on Actinopodous Holothurioidea. Journal of the College of Science, Tokyo Imperial University, 29 (2), 1 - 284 and 8 plates." type="book chapter" year="1912">Mitsukuri 1912</bibRefCitation>
and Rohr &amp; Won 1993), must be rejected as misidentifications, a view previously expressed by
<bibRefCitation id="32184B20F5328754A39FF080976A58F0" author="Thandar, A. S." box="[933,1118,1198,1224]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" pagination="115 - 139" refId="ref31301" refString="Thandar, A. S. (1991) The cucumariid holothurians of southern Africa with the erection of a new genus. South African Journal of Zoology, 26 (3), 115 - 139." type="journal article" year="1991">Thandar (1991)</bibRefCitation>
and supported by
<bibRefCitation id="32184B20F5328754A504F080926F58C8" author="Natasen Moodley, M." pageId="18" pageNumber="19" refId="ref30527" refString="Natasen Moodley, M. (2000) A taxonomic study of some holothuroid echinoderms taken from southern African waters west of Port Elizabeth, in the collections of the South African Museum. MSc. dissertation, University of Durban- Westville, South Africa. 170 pp." type="book" year="2000">Natasen Moodley (2000)</bibRefCitation>
. Thandar (op. cit.) also relegated
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<emphasis id="64FDEAC3F5328754A2DCF0F890FF58D7" box="[742,971,1238,1263]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Pentacta squamosa</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="32184B20F5328754A3EEF0F8979B58C8" author="Cherbonnier, G." box="[980,1199,1238,1264]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" pagination="280 - 299" refId="ref29994" refString="Cherbonnier, G. (1970) Nouvelles especes d'holothuries des Cotes d'Afrique du sud et du Mozambique. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Paris, 2 serie 42 (1), 280 - 299." type="journal article" year="1970">Cherbonnier, 1970</bibRefCitation>
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to the synonymy of
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<emphasis id="64FDEAC3F5328754A0ADF0D09210592F" box="[151,292,1278,1303]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">O. capensis</emphasis>
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as he suspected that Cherbonniers material represented juvenile of this species. The current record from Plettenberg Bay is the most eastern yet recorded for the species.
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