Paradota weddellensis Gutt, 1990: 125–126 A revision of Antarctic and some Indo-Pacific apodid sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Apodida) O’Loughlin, P. Mark VandenSpiegel, Didier Memoirs of Museum Victoria 2010 2010-12-31 67 61 95 4CTW6 Gutt, 1990 Gutt 1990 [809,1159,229,251] Holothuroidea Chiridotidae Paradota Animalia Apodida 30 91 Echinodermata species weddellensis   Figure 16; table 2      Paradota weddellensis Gutt, 1990: 125–126, figs 11–14, table 3.—  Massin, 1992: 322–323.— O’Loughlin et al. 2009: table 1.   Material examined.  Scotia Sea, South Orkney Is, US AMLR stn 104, 63º13.92'S 59º27.47'W,  759 m, NMV F168842(5);  South Sandwich Is,  351–393 m, USNM E49614(20+);  South Shetland Is,  59 m, USNM E49620(1). Antarctic Peninsula, Joinville I., 265 m, USNME49619 (1); Palmer Archipelago, 126 m, USNME49616 (1). Ross Sea, NIWA expedition 2001, 66º49'S 162º37'E,  292 m, NIWA 61095(1); stn TAN0602/448, 66º56'S 162º57'E,  85 m, NIWA 49800(1);  NZIPY–CAML stn TAN0802/272, 66º96'S 170º93'E,  658 m, NIWA 38869(1).   Prydz Bay, ANARE 1987 stn 7, 68º40'S 77º12'E,  505–578 m, NMV F76845(1);  NMV F76846(1).   HeardI., ANARE AA92–01, 52º57'S 73º21'E,  159–176 m,  NMV F84977(1); AA92–06, 53º13'S 73º40'E,  120 m,  NMV F84979(1); AA92–08, 52º41'S 72º56'E,  215 m,  NMV F84978(1).  Diagnosis (after Gutt 1990).Chiridotinid species up to 180 mmlong; body wall thick; tentacles 12, peltato-digitate, 5–7 pairs of digits; calcareous ring lacking anterior and posterior projections; 4 polian vesicles; tentacles with irregular rod ossicles, many slightly bracket-shaped, some with branched ends, some with projections mid-rod; body wall lacking ossicles; longitudinal muscles with rare miliary granules.  Distribution.Circum-antarctic, south of Polar Front, 59–1191 m; Weddell Sea, 225–655 m( Gutt 1990); Scotia Sea, 59–759 m; Antarctic Peninsula, 126–265 m; Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctic Peninsula, Peter I Island, 97–1191 m( O’Loughlin et al. 2009); Ross Sea, 85–658 m; Prydz Bay, 505–578 m; HeardI., 120– 215 m.  Remarks.  Paradota weddellensisGuttis a large apodid with a widespread polar distribution south of the Antarctic Convergence.  Paradota marionensis Massin, 1992occurs north of the Convergence at Marion and Prince Edward Is ( Massin 1992). We found rare miliary granules up to 40 µm long in Ross Sea material. [996,1363,384,403] AMLR Is, US United Kingdom Scotia Sea 30 91 1 NMV United Kingdom 759 -63.232 10 -59.457832 30 91 F168842 1 USNM United Kingdom 372 South Sandwich Is 30 91 E49614 1 USNM United Kingdom 59 South Is 30 91 E49620 1 NIWA 292 -66.816666 994 162.61667 30 91 NIWA 61095 1 NIWA 85 -66.933334 993 162.95 30 91 NIWA 49800 1 NIWA New Zealand 658 NZ 30 91 NIWA 38869 1 [847,1093,646,666] ANARE Prydz Bay 30 91 ANARE 1987 1 NMV 542 -68.666664 984 77.2 30 91 F76845 1 [978,1106,672,692] NMV 542 true -68.666664 984 77.2 30 91 F76846 1 [847,1376,699,718] ANARE Heard Island and McDonald Islands 168 -52.95 Heard 1080 73.35 30 91 AA92-01 1 NMV Heard 120 -53.216667 1078 73.666664 30 91 F84977 1 NMV Heard 215 -52.683334 1082 72.933334 30 91 F84979 1 [1130,1288,751,771] NMV Heard 30 91 F84978 1