A new species of deep-water Holothuroidea (Echinodermata) of the genus Synallactes from off western Mexico

• Autores: Claude Massin, Michel E. Hendrickx
• Localización: Scientia Marina, ISSN 0214-8358, Vol. 74, Nº. 3, 2010, págs. 599-603
• Idioma: inglés
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Una nueva especie de aguas profundas de Holothuroidea (Echinodermata) del género SynallactesS del Pacífico mexicano
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  • An undescribed species of Synallactes was collected during a deep-water benthic fauna survey off the Pacific coast of Mexico in the East Pacific, with the R/V El Puma. This new species differs from all the other known Synallactes by the presence of huge massive rods in the tube feet, some of them club-shaped. The later ossicle shape is unique among Holothuroidea. This is the first record of a Synallactes in the Gulf of California.