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Woo, S. P.; Yasin, Z.; Tan, S. H.; Kajihara, H.; Fujita, T. (2015). Sea cucumbers of the genus Stichopus Brandt, 1835 (Holothuroidea, Stichopodidae) in Straits of Malacca with description of a new species. ZooKeys. 545: 1-26.
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Woo, S. P.; Yasin, Z.; Tan, S. H.; Kajihara, H.; Fujita, T.
2015
Sea cucumbers of the genus Stichopus Brandt, 1835 (Holothuroidea, Stichopodidae) in Straits of Malacca with description of a new species
ZooKeys
545: 1-26
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Five sea cucumber species including one new species of the genus Stichopus are reported from the shallow coral reefs of Straits of Malacca. The new species Stichopus fusiformiossa has unusual fusiform spicules in the tentacles, which are not found in the other species of the genus. Pseudo-tables and large perforated plates are newly recorded for Stichopus hermanni Semper, 1868 and Stichopus vastus Sluiter, 1887, respectively.
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Stichopus fusiformiossa Woo in Woo et al., 2015 (original description)