Cucusquama O’Loughlin, 2016
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.24199/j.mmv.2016.75.03 |
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publication LSID |
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7039F593-8FE2-4668-BBC9-E18F2D82F8F8 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10886842 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C587F0-FFEC-3808-9B6A-FEAA54FAFC63 |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Cucusquama O’Loughlin |
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gen. nov. |
Cucusquama O’Loughlin View in CoL gen. nov.
Zoobank LSID. http://zoobank.org/ urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:0BE9B60F-195B-4F04-A06A-7EAF0BAA9D44
Diagnosis. Cucumariinid genus; body sub-pentagonal in transverse section, fusiform; tentacles 10, short, lobed; calcareous ring cucumariid-like; complete calcareous body cover of imbricating, single-layered, perforated plates/scales, free ends point posteriorly; tube feet radial only, walls covered with scales; absence of cups and tables.
Type species and locality. Cucusquama wesafrica O’Loughlin sp. nov. (equatorial west Africa ). Monotypic.
Etymology. Named Cucu from the family name Cucumariidae , with recognition of cucumariid like characters, and squama from the Latin squama (meaning scale) with reference to the body cover of imbricating scales.
Remarks. The sub-pentagonal form, complete body cover of imbricating scales, 10 short lobed tentacles, and radial series of tube feet is a unique combination of morphological characters within family Cucumariidae . We reluctantly establish a new monotypic genus.
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