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Thandar, A. S. (1992). The South African Museum's Meiring Naude cruises. Part 18: Holothuroidea. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 101: 159-180.
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Thandar, A. S.
1992
The South African Museum's Meiring Naude cruises. Part 18: Holothuroidea
Ann. S. Afr. Mus.
101: 159-180
Publication
Eighteen specimens representing five species of Holothuroidea collected off he coast of South Africa in waters between 280 m and 1,050 m are recorded. Three species, Pseudostichopus (P.) echinatus, Orphnurgus aspersignis, and Orphnurgus natalasper are new. The remaining two, Mesothuria parva (Theel) and Orphnurgus insignis Fisher, are new to the fauna of southern Africa, south of the Tropic of Capricorn. The material indicates a general paucity of species of deep-sea benthic holothuroids on the continental shelf and slope off the east coast of South Africa.
Mesothuria Ludwig, 1894 (additional source)
Mesothuria (Mesothuria) parva (Théel, 1886) accepted as Mesothuria murrayi (Théel, 1886) (basis of record) Orphnurgus Théel, 1879 (basis of record) Orphnurgus aspersignis Thandar, 1992 (basis of record) Orphnurgus aspersignis Thandar, 1992 (original description) Orphnurgus insignis Fisher, 1907 (basis of record) Orphnurgus natalasper Thandar, 1992 (original description) Orphnurgus natalasper Thandar, 1992 (basis of record) Pseudostichopus echinatus Thandar, 1992 (basis of record)
South Africa (country) for Mesothuria (Mesothuria) parva (Théel, 1886)
South Africa (country) for Orphnurgus aspersignis Thandar, 1992 South Africa (country) for Orphnurgus insignis Fisher, 1907 South Africa (country) for Orphnurgus natalasper Thandar, 1992 South Africa (country) for Pseudostichopus echinatus Thandar, 1992 |