Mesothuria parva Theel 1886

Abstract

<i>Mesothuria parva</i> (Théel, 1886) <p> (Fig. 13 A <b>–</b> B)</p> <p> <i>Holothuria murrayi</i> var. <i>parva</i> Théel, 1886: 186, pl. 9, fig. 2, pl 16, figs 4 & 5 <i>Mesothuria parva</i>; Cherbonnier & Féral, 1981 (records); Thandar 1992: 161, figs 1 & 6A <i>Mesothuria deani</i> Mitsikuri, 1912: 40 <b>–</b> 42, textfig. 9</p> <p> <b>Material examined</b>. <i>Non-type material</i>: <b>IE-2007-813</b> (3 specimens, sampled in front of Nazendry Bay); <b>IE-2007- 775</b> (3 specimens, collected in front of Nazendry Bay)</p> <p> <b>Remarks</b>. This well-known species is a new record for Madagascar. The closest previous record is from Sodwana Bay in South Africa (Thandar, 1992).</p>Published as part of <i>Samyn, Yves & Vandenspiegel, Didier, 2016, Sublittoral and bathyal sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) from the Northern Mozambique Channel with description of six new species, pp. 451-497 in Zootaxa 4196 (4)</i> on page 471, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4196.4.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/168273">http://zenodo.org/record/168273</a&gt