<i>Benthodytes palauta</i>, a new species of deep-sea holothuroid (Elasipodida: Psychropotidae) from the western Pacific Ocean

Chuan Yu; Chunsheng Wang; Dongsheng Zhang; Ruiyan Zhang

doi:10.1007/s13131-021-1937-5

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Chuan Yu, Chunsheng Wang, Dongsheng Zhang, Ruiyan Zhang. Benthodytes palauta, a new species of deep-sea holothuroid (Elasipodida: Psychropotidae) from the western Pacific Ocean[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2021, 40(12): 50-54. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1937-5

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Chuan Yu, Chunsheng Wang, Dongsheng Zhang, Ruiyan Zhang. Benthodytes palauta, a new species of deep-sea holothuroid (Elasipodida: Psychropotidae) from the western Pacific Ocean[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2021, 40(12): 50-54. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1937-5

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Benthodytes palauta, a new species of deep-sea holothuroid (Elasipodida: Psychropotidae) from the western Pacific Ocean

doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1937-5

Chuan Yu^{1, 2},
Chunsheng Wang^{1, 2, 3
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Dongsheng Zhang^{1, 2, 3},
Ruiyan Zhang^{1, 2}

1.
School of Oceanography, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China
2.
Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou 310012, China
3.
Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai 519082, China

Funds: The Foundation of the China Ocean Mineral Resources R&D Association under contract Nos DY135-E2-2-03 and DY-XZ-02.

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Corresponding author: E-mail: wang-sio@163.com
Received Date: 2021-07-22
Accepted Date: 2021-10-20

Available Online: 2021-12-09

Publish Date: 2021-11-25

Abstract

Abstract

A new species of Psychropotidae holothuroid, Benthodytes palauta sp. nov., was collected from the Kyushu-Palau Ridge at a depth of 2 666 m. This new species is characterized by a leathery body wall, red-violet skin, five pairs of dorsal papillae, nineteen pairs of tube feet, and a narrow brim. The internal organs include one Polian vesicle, two tufts of gonads, and no respiratory trees. Ventral ossicles are large and spinous, with crosses of four arms with central bipartite apophyses. Papillae ossicles are crosses with four arms with bipartite apophyses. The dorsal ossicles were few and large, and cross-shaped with four arms and central bipartite apophyses. Tentacle ossicles were large and rod-shaped or slender rods. Gonad ossicles were primary crosses of four arms and brim ossicles were cross-shaped with spines. The phylogenetic analyses of this species support that B. palauta sp. nov. belongs to Benthodytes. Furthermore, the paraphyletic relationships were confirmed; however, a revision of the genus Benthodytes is needed to resolve its phylogenetic relationship.
- 16S,
- COI,
- Kyushu-Palau Ridge,
- phylogenetic analyses,
- Psychropotes,
- Psycheotrephes

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