Thandar, 1986 : 485 New species and new records of dendrochirotid and dactylochirotid holothuroids (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) from off the east coast of South Africa Thandar, Ahmed S. Zootaxa 2006 1245 1 51 6TVPR Thandar, 1986 Thandar 1986 [264,726,1348,1374] Holothuroidea Cucumariidae Pawsonellus Animalia Dendrochirotida 24 25 Echinodermata species africanus     Pawsonellus africanus  Thandar, 1986: 485, fig 1 a–n; 1991:136, figs. 2c, 15d.    Type  SAM A­23442.   Typelocality  16 kmsouth of Durban,  36 m.  Previous record  Typelocality only.  Material examined SAM­A27907, Park Rynie, KwaZulu­Natal, K. S. Ganga, March 1984, LWS, 1 spec.   Distribution Southern KwaZulu­Natal, South Africa, 0– 36 m.  Habitat Reef sand, seaweed, bryozoans.   Remarks This species was based on numerous specimens taken from subtidal waters, south of Durban. This is the first record of the species from intertidal waters, also south of Durban. The species is well characterised by its ambulacral restriction of the podia in two rows, the two mid­ventral tentacles reduced to stumps with bifurcating tips, and multilocular, platelike body wall spicules.