Loisettea

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Loisettea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Holothuroidea
Order: Dendrochirotida
Family: Cucumariidae
Genus: Loisettea
Rowe & Pawson, 1985
Type species
Loisettea amphictena
Rowe & Pawson, 1985

Loisettea is a genus of sea cucumbers in the family Cucumariidae. [1] [2] It was first described in 1985. [2] [3] The genus name honours Loisette M. Marsh. [3]

This genus differs from others in the subfamily Colochirinae in having body wall ossicles, which are deep complex cups, buttons, and large scales. [3] Species of this genus are found off the north-western coasts of Australia, and off the Sunda Islands. [3]

Species

The following two species are recognised in the genus Loisettea: [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Paulay, Gustav (2013). "Loisettea Rowe & Pawson, 1985". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Australian Faunal Directory: Loisettea Rowe & Pawson, 1985" . Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 F.W.E. Rowe; D.L. Pawson (1985). "Loisettea amphictena, new genus, new species, from the sublittoral of northwestern Australia (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea)". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 98 (3): 672–677. ISSN   0006-324X. Wikidata   Q111038696.