Pearsonothuria graeffei (Semper, 1868)

Amjad, Farah, Ahusan, Mohamed, Amir, Hana, de Villiers, Nina M, Gress, Erika, Mah, Christopher L, Naeem, Shafiya, Rico-Seijo, Nuria, Samaai, Toufiek, Afzal, Maryiam S, Woodall, Lucy C & Stefanoudis, Paris V, 2024, An underwater imagery identification guide for shallow, mesophotic and deep-sea benthos in Maldives, Biodiversity Data Journal 12, pp. e 120128-e 120128 : e120128-

Pearsonothuria graeffei (Semper, 1868)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: occurrenceID: 659AFA28-F272-52E1-89A6-A4707F2258F4; Taxon: scientificName: Pearsonothuria graeffei ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Echinodermata; class: Holothuroidea; order: Holothuriida ; family: Holothuriidae ; genus: Pearsonothuria ; scientificNameAuthorship: (Semper, 1868); Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Maldives; locality: North Male’, Addu ; minimumDepthInMeters: 10; maximumDepthInMeters: 10; locationRemarks: Nekton Maldives Mission; Identification: identifiedBy: Farah Amjad, Paris Stefanoudis; dateIdentified: 2022, 2023; identificationRemarks: Identified only from imagery; Event: samplingProtocol: Submersible OR Remotely Operated Vehicle OR Snorkel; Record Level: basisOfRecord: Human observation

Notes

Elongated cylindrical body with bumpy papillae present throughout the surface. Approximately 31 cm long. Feeding tentacles extended from the body. Light brown to cream in colour with dark brown patches and black markings on the body (Fig. 273 ).

Figures

Figure 273. Pearsonothuria graeffei, North Male’, ~ 10 m.