Holothuria (Selenkothuria) parvispinea n. sp. (Echinodermata, Hololthuroidea, Holothuriidae) with key to the sub-genus Selenkothuria.
Description of a new species from Australia, belonging to the subgenus Selenkothuria (Holothuria, Aspidochirotida). A dichotomous key of the thirteen valid species included in the subgenus is also given. The species H. perrieri Thandar, 1977 and H. spinea Cherbonnier, 1988 are considered as non valid.
Department of Recent Invertebrates, Malacology, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, 29 Vautierstreet, 1000 Brussels, Belgium; Email: claude.massin@naturalsciences.be.
Claude
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D000818:Animals; D001315:Australia; D047332:Holothuria / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*