title: New taeniogyrinid species of sea cucumber from the Weddell Sea (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Synaptida).
abstract: The case put by Alexei Smirnov in 2012 is accepted and the order name Synaptida Cuénot is adopted in place of Apodida Brandt. Two new Synaptida species are described for the Weddell Sea in Antarctica with single author O'Loughlin: Sigmodota magdarogera sp. nov. and Taeniogyrus bamberi sp. nov.. A specimen of Sigmodota magnibacula (Massin & Hétérier) is described. A key is provided for the genera and species of Taeniogyrinae that occur south of the Antarctic Convergence.
authors.affiliation: Marine Biology Section, Museum Victoria, GPO Box 666, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia; Email: pmoloughlin@edmundrice.org.
authors.forename: P Mark
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: O'Loughlin
authors.affiliation: Marine Biology Section, Museum Victoria, GPO Box 666, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia; Email: mmackenzie@museum.vic.gov.au.
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mackenzie
authors.affiliation: Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, Section invertebrés non-insects, B-3080, Tervuren, Belgium; Email: dvdspiegel@africamuseum.be.
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: VandenSpiegel
authors.affiliation: British Antarctic Survey (BAS), High Cross Madingley Road, CB3 0ET, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Email: hjg@bas.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Huw
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Griffiths
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D000864:Antarctic Regions; D049628:Body Size; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D009929:Organ Size; D012616:Sea Cucumbers / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development