Mesothuria regularia Heding, 1940

Samyn, Yves & Vandenspiegel, Didier, 2016, Sublittoral and bathyal sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) from the Northern Mozambique Channel with description of six new species, Zootaxa 4196 (4), pp. 451-497 : 469-470

Mesothuria regularia Heding, 1940

( Fig. 12 A – B)

Mesothuria (Allantis) regularia Heding, 1940: 335 – 336, textfig. 4.

Mesothuria regularia ; Cherbonnier & Féral, 1981: 371, fig.8 A – I; Liao, 1997: 77 – 78, fig. 42.

Material examined. Non-type material: IE-2007-754(1) (1 specimen, collected sampled around Majumga); IE- 2007-794 (1 specimen, dredged between Majunga & Cape Saint-André); IE-2007-818 (2 specimens, collected dredged between Majunga & Cape Saint-André)

Remarks. This species was already known from the Pemba Channel ( Heding, 1940) and has also has been recorded in the Atlantic ( Heding, 1940) and the Pacific (Cherbonnier & Féral 1981; Liao 1997). It is however a new record for Madagascar.

Figures

FIGURE 12. Mesothuria regularia Heding, 1940. A: Dorsal view of specimen IE- 2007 - 794; B: SEM photos of ossicles from the body wall. Scale bars: A = 1 cm; B = 20 µm.