Sea cucumbers of the genus Stichopus Brandt, 1835 (Holothuroidea, Stichopodidae) in Straits of Malacca with description of a new species

By

Woo, Sau Pinn
Yasin, Zulfigar
Tan, Shau Hwai
Kajihara, Hiroshi
Fujita, Toshihiko, 1961-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

545

Pages

1-26

Subjects

Echinodermata , Malaysia , Sea cucumbers , shallow reef , spicules , Stichopus , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.545.6415

 

Abstract

Five sea cucumber species including one new species of the genus Stichopus are reported from the shallow coral reefs of Straits of Malacca. The new species Stichopus fusiformiossa has unusual fusiform spicules in the tentacles, which are not found in the other species of the genus. Pseudo-tables and large perforated plates are newly recorded for Stichopus hermanni Semper, 1868 and Stichopus vastus Sluiter, 1887, respectively.