Description of the juvenile form of the sea cucumber Thelenota anax H.L. Clark, 1921
Soliman, T.; Reimer, J.D.; Kawamura, I.; van der Meij, S.E.T. (2019). Description of the juvenile form of the sea cucumber Thelenota anax H.L. Clark, 1921. Mar. Biodiv. 49(1): 547-554. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0820-2
In: Marine Biodiversity. Springer: Heidelberg; Berlin. ISSN 1867-1616; e-ISSN 1867-1624, more
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Stichopodidae Haeckel, 1896 [WoRMS]; Thelenota anax Clark, 1921 [WoRMS]
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- Soliman, T.
- Reimer, J.D.
- Kawamura, I.
- van der Meij, S.E.T.
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| Abstract |
Our knowledge of the ecology and habitat of juveniles of many sea cucumber species is limited, due to their cryptic habitats and differing color and shape from adults. In the present study, a juvenile specimen of the sea cucumber Thelenota anax H. L. Clark, 1921, collected from 30 m at Rukan Reef, Okinawa, Japan, is described. We confirmed specific identity using cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) sequences. We show that the pseudotable ossicles in Thelenota are table ossicles, and document synallactid-like ossicles not previously recorded in the Stichopodidae. |
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