Sea cucumbers of the genus Stichopus Brandt, 1835 (Holothuroidea, Stichopodidae) in Straits of Malacca with description of a new species

Abstract. Five sea cucumber species including one new species of the genus Stichopus are reported from the shallow coral reefs of Straits of Malacca. The new species Stichopus fusiformiossa has unusual fusiform spicules in the tentacles, which are not found in the other species of the genus. Pseudo-...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Woo, Sau Pinn, Yasin, Zulfigar, Tan, Shau Hwai, Kajihara, Hiroshi, Fujita, Toshihiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2015
Materias:
Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4714363/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26798290
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.545.6415
_version_ 1782410303451955200
author Woo, Sau Pinn
Yasin, Zulfigar
Tan, Shau Hwai
Kajihara, Hiroshi
Fujita, Toshihiko
author_facet Woo, Sau Pinn
Yasin, Zulfigar
Tan, Shau Hwai
Kajihara, Hiroshi
Fujita, Toshihiko
author_sort Woo, Sau Pinn
collection PubMed
description Abstract. Five sea cucumber species including one new species of the genus Stichopus are reported from the shallow coral reefs of Straits of Malacca. The new species Stichopus fusiformiossa has unusual fusiform spicules in the tentacles, which are not found in the other species of the genus. Pseudo-tables and large perforated plates are newly recorded for Stichopus hermanni Semper, 1868 and Stichopus vastus Sluiter, 1887, respectively.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-4714363
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2015
publisher Pensoft Publishers
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-47143632016-01-21 Sea cucumbers of the genus Stichopus Brandt, 1835 (Holothuroidea, Stichopodidae) in Straits of Malacca with description of a new species Woo, Sau Pinn Yasin, Zulfigar Tan, Shau Hwai Kajihara, Hiroshi Fujita, Toshihiko Zookeys Research Article Abstract. Five sea cucumber species including one new species of the genus Stichopus are reported from the shallow coral reefs of Straits of Malacca. The new species Stichopus fusiformiossa has unusual fusiform spicules in the tentacles, which are not found in the other species of the genus. Pseudo-tables and large perforated plates are newly recorded for Stichopus hermanni Semper, 1868 and Stichopus vastus Sluiter, 1887, respectively. Pensoft Publishers 2015-12-14 /pmc/articles/PMC4714363/ /pubmed/26798290 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.545.6415 Text en Sau Pinn Woo, Zulfigar Yasin, Shau Hwai Tan, Hiroshi Kajihara, Toshihiko Fujita http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Research Article
Woo, Sau Pinn
Yasin, Zulfigar
Tan, Shau Hwai
Kajihara, Hiroshi
Fujita, Toshihiko
Sea cucumbers of the genus Stichopus Brandt, 1835 (Holothuroidea, Stichopodidae) in Straits of Malacca with description of a new species
title Sea cucumbers of the genus Stichopus Brandt, 1835 (Holothuroidea, Stichopodidae) in Straits of Malacca with description of a new species
title_full Sea cucumbers of the genus Stichopus Brandt, 1835 (Holothuroidea, Stichopodidae) in Straits of Malacca with description of a new species
title_fullStr Sea cucumbers of the genus Stichopus Brandt, 1835 (Holothuroidea, Stichopodidae) in Straits of Malacca with description of a new species
title_full_unstemmed Sea cucumbers of the genus Stichopus Brandt, 1835 (Holothuroidea, Stichopodidae) in Straits of Malacca with description of a new species
title_short Sea cucumbers of the genus Stichopus Brandt, 1835 (Holothuroidea, Stichopodidae) in Straits of Malacca with description of a new species
title_sort sea cucumbers of the genus stichopus brandt, 1835 (holothuroidea, stichopodidae) in straits of malacca with description of a new species
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4714363/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26798290
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.545.6415
work_keys_str_mv AT woosaupinn seacucumbersofthegenusstichopusbrandt1835holothuroideastichopodidaeinstraitsofmalaccawithdescriptionofanewspecies
AT yasinzulfigar seacucumbersofthegenusstichopusbrandt1835holothuroideastichopodidaeinstraitsofmalaccawithdescriptionofanewspecies
AT tanshauhwai seacucumbersofthegenusstichopusbrandt1835holothuroideastichopodidaeinstraitsofmalaccawithdescriptionofanewspecies
AT kajiharahiroshi seacucumbersofthegenusstichopusbrandt1835holothuroideastichopodidaeinstraitsofmalaccawithdescriptionofanewspecies
AT fujitatoshihiko seacucumbersofthegenusstichopusbrandt1835holothuroideastichopodidaeinstraitsofmalaccawithdescriptionofanewspecies

Ejemplares similares