Synallactes mcdanieli sp. nov., a new species of sea cucumber from British Columbia, Canada and the Gulf of Alaska, USA (Holothuroidea, Synallactida)
Citation
Solís Marín F (2024). Synallactes mcdanieli sp. nov., a new species of sea cucumber from British Columbia, Canada and the Gulf of Alaska, USA (Holothuroidea, Synallactida). Biodiversity Data Journal. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.12.e124603 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-09-07.Description
The family Synallactidae comprises mostly deep-sea forms and is the least-studied large taxon amongst deep-sea cucumbers. They are part of the abyssal megafauna and play an important role in modifying the sediment landscape and structuring the communities that live within it. The family embraces the genus Synallactes, which contains approximately twenty-five species from the Pacific, Atlantic (six species), Indian (seven species) and Antarctic Oceans (one species).Synallactes mcdanieli sp. nov. is described from the Northeast Pacific, Knight Inlet, British Columbia, Canada to Kodiak Island, Gulf of Alaska, USA, at depths from 21 to 438 m. This new species is unique amongst the species of the genus Synallactes because of the number and arrangement of dorsal papillae, number of Polian vesicles, together with the entire ossicle arrangement. In addition, this species has the shallowest bathymetric distribution ever recorded for this genus.Taxonomic Coverages
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Francisco Solís Marínoriginator
position: Dr
Colección Nacional de Equinodermos “M. Elena Caso M.”, Laboratorio de Sistemática y Ecología de Equinodermos, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnolog
Mexico City
MX
email: fasolis@cmarl.unam.mx
Francisco Solís Marín
metadata author
position: Dr
Colección Nacional de Equinodermos “M. Elena Caso M.”, Laboratorio de Sistemática y Ecología de Equinodermos, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnolog
Mexico City
MX
email: fasolis@cmarl.unam.mx
Francisco Solís Marín
administrative point of contact
position: Dr
Colección Nacional de Equinodermos “M. Elena Caso M.”, Laboratorio de Sistemática y Ecología de Equinodermos, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnolog
Mexico City
MX
email: fasolis@cmarl.unam.mx