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ECB-ART-46912
Zookeys 2019 Jan 15;817:1-9. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.817.29406.
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Epitomaptasimentalae sp. n., a new species of apodous sea cucumber from the Central Eastern Pacific coast of Mexico (Echinodermata, Holothuroidea, Apodida).

Solís-Marín FA , Onejeros-Vargas CA , Andrea Alejandra Caballero-Ochoa , Arriaga-Ochoa JA .


Abstract
Epitomaptasimentalaesp. n. occurs in depths of 4-10 m off the Mexican Central Pacific coast. It is distinctive in having twelve tentacles, each tentacle with two or three pairs of digits and four to six sensory cups, lacking papillae or oval bumps and in reaching a maximum length of 50 mm in life.

PubMed ID: 30686918
PMC ID: PMC6342861
Article link: Zookeys


Genes referenced: LOC100887844


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References :
Miller, Molecular phylogeny of extant Holothuroidea (Echinodermata). 2017, Pubmed, Echinobase