Pseudothyone belli ( Ludwig, 1886 )

Pawson, David L., Pawson, Doris J. & King, Rachael A., 2010, A taxonomic guide to the Echinodermata of the South Atlantic Bight, USA: 1. Sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea), Zootaxa 2449, pp. 1-48 : 23

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.195134
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6208485
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scientific name	Pseudothyone belli ( Ludwig, 1886 )
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Pseudothyone belli ( Ludwig, 1886) View in CoL

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Thyone belli Ludwig, 1886 , 21, pl. 1 fig. 6; Deichmann, 1930, 176–177, pl.14 figs, 10–13.

Pseudothyone belli View in CoL .— Miller & Pawson 1984,.27, figs. 19, 20; Hendler et al, 1995: 268, figs 147, 180, A, B, C.

Material examined. USNM E22329, Florida, 27°35'N, 82°50'W, R/VHourglass, StaA, March 3, 1966, 6.1m. USNM E32231 View Materials , off N.C., 33°32’18”N, 77°25’00”W, work boat, Sta MS04, August 13, 1980, 30m. USNM E32244, off Georgia, 30°26’12”N, 80°12’18”W, R/V Dolphin, Sta OS03, March 11, 1980, 61m.

Diagnosis. Small, burrowing form, up to 50mm. Color dirty white with flecks of brown or maroon, tips of tube feet bordered with a brown ring; in young specimens flecks gray, very numerous, and animal may appear black. Body cylindrical, curved. Feet numerous, scattered over entire body. Body wall rigid, with ossicles consisting of knobbed buttons (70–110 μm); feet with supporting tables.

Distribution. NC, E and W FL, Gulf of Mexico, Bermuda (DLP, field notes), Trinidad and Tobago, Puerto Rico, Panama, Brazil.

Habitat. Burrows in sandy carbonate sediments, crevices in coquinoid limestone ledges. Low-tide mark to 37 m.

Remarks. Miller & Pawson (1984) noted that this species is one of the most common holothurians off Tampa, Florida, where it burrows in soft sediments.