Scoliorhapis dianthus, a new species of sea cucumber (Apodida: Chiridotidae) from the Sea of Japan

Francisco Alonso Solis-Marin; Mieko Komatsu; Taha Soliman; Katsuhisha Uchida; Toyokazu Shimotani; Masumi Nozaki

doi:10.2988/0006-324X-127.2.323

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Francisco Alonso Solis-Marin,^* Mieko Komatsu, Taha Soliman,¹ Katsuhisha Uchida, Toyokazu Shimotani,² Masumi Nozaki

¹1(MK, TS) Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Gofuku 3190, Toyama-shi
²2(KU, TS, MN) Sado Marine Biological Station, Faculty of Science, Niigata University, Niigata 952-21

^*Corresponding author.

Abstract

Scoliorhapis dianthus, new species, was collected from depths of 0.20–1 m in the Sea of Japan. It is distinctive in having ten tentacles with six pairs of digits of equal size. Ossicles in the body wall have a sigmoid shape and average 75 ± 5 μm in length. An identification key to all species of the genus is provided.

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Francisco Alonso Solis-Marin, Mieko Komatsu, Taha Soliman, Katsuhisha Uchida, Toyokazu Shimotani, and Masumi Nozaki "Scoliorhapis dianthus, a new species of sea cucumber (Apodida: Chiridotidae) from the Sea of Japan," Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 127(2), 323-327, (1 September 2014). https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-127.2.323

Published: 1 September 2014