Psolus Oken, 1815

O'Loughlin, P. Mark, Skarbnik-López, Jessica, Mackenzie, Melanie & VandenSpiegel, Didier, 2015, Sea cucumbers of the Kerguelen Plateau, with descriptions of new genus and species (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea), Memoirs of Museum Victoria 73, pp. 59-93 : 81

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https://doi.org/ 10.24199/j.mmv.2015.73.07

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12213635

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scientific name

Psolus Oken, 1815
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Diagnosis (from Mackenzie & Whitfield 2011). Psolidae with large imbricating or contiguous dorsal and lateral scales; ventrolateral scales at margin clearly demarcated from thin sole that lacks conspicuous scales. Tube feet absent dorsally and laterally, sometimes present orally and anally. Ten dendritic tentacles, eight large and two small ventrally.

Remarks. We note again, for reasons stated in the Introduction, that Psolus Oken, 1815 is used provisionally.

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