Psychropotes depressa

Psychropotes depressa, dorsal view

Psychropotes depressa, ventral view

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elasipodida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Holothuroidea Subclassis: Aspidochirotacea Ordo: Elasipodida

Familia: Psychropotidae
Genus: Psychropotes
Species: Psychropotes depressa

Name

Psychropotes depressa (Théel, 1882)

Type locality: Gulf of Cadiz, 35.783333°N 8.383333°W / 35.783333; -8.383333.

Original combination: Euphronides depressa Théel, 1882

Syntypes: BMNH 1883.6.18.55 [1]; BMNH 1883.6.18.56 [2].

Synonymy

• Euphronides depressa Théel, 1882: 93–96, pl. 26; — Ohshima, 1915: 244–245, fig. 1.
• Euphronides cornuta Verrill, 1884: 216–217; — Deichmann, 1930: 127–128.
  • Type locality: North Atlantic Ocean, off Delaware, Albatross station 2037, depth 1731 fms.
  • Syntypes: BMNH 1898.5.3.451-2 [3]; USNM 9055 [4]; YPM IZ YPM IZ 007966.EC [5].
  • Synonymised by Ohshima (1915: 245).
• Euphronides depressa var. minor Théel, 1886: 2.
  • Synonymised by Ohshima (1915: 245).
• Benthodytes assimilis Théel, 1886: 2–3.
• Euphronides talismani Perrier, 1886: fig. 241₂; — R. Perrier, 1896: 902; — R. Perrier, 1902: 441–444, pl. 20 fig. 15; — Deichmann, 1930: 129.
  • Note: sometimes attributed to Edmond Perrier (1886) who figured it, or to his brother Rémy Perrier (1896) who described it.
  • Type locality: Açores, 38°N 27.216669°W / 38; -27.216669, depth 2187 m.
  • Holotype: MNHN-IE-2013-17670 [6].
  • Synonymised by Ohshima (1915: 245).
• Euphronides tanneri Ludwig, 1893: 107.
  • Type locality: North Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, R/V Albatross station 3398, 23 Mar 1891, 1.1167°N 80.35°W / 1.1167; -80.35, depth 2877 m.
  • Holotype: USNM 18167 [7].
• Euphronides auriculata R. Perrier, 1896: 901–902; — R. Perrier, 1902: 434–438, pl. 13 figs. 1–2, pl. 20 figs. 12–13.
  • Type locality: Atlantic Ocean, Canary Islands.
  • Syntypes: MNHN-IE-2013-13296 [8]; MNHN-IE-2013-17720 [9]; MNHN-IE-2013-17721 [10]; MNHN-IE-2013-17722 [11]; MNHN-IE-2013-17986 [12].
  • Synonymised by Ohshima (1915: 244).
• Euphronides violacea R. Perrier, 1896: 902; — R. Perrier, 1902: 438–441, pl. 20 fig. 14.
  • Type locality: North Atlantic Ocean.
  • Syntypes: MNHN-IE-2013-13288 [13]; MNHN-IE-2013-17669 [14]; MNHN-IE-2013-9148 [15].
  • Synonymised by Ohshima (1915: 245).
• Psychropotes depressa (Théel, 1882); — Hansen, 1975: 106–111, figs. 43–44, pl. 7 figs. 1–3, pl. 12, fig. 8, pl. 14, figs. 1–2; — Xiao, Li & Sha, 2018: 820–823, figs. 6–10; — Madeira et al., 2019: 145; — Mackenzie et al., 2024: 236–239 figs. 19a–g, 20h–m, S1.

References

• Deichmann, E. 1930. The Holothurians of the Western Part of the Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 71: 43–236. BHL. Reference page. 
• Hansen, B. 1975. Systematics and Biology of the Deep-Sea Holothurians, Part 1: Elasipoda. Galathea Report. 13: 1–262. Reference page. 
• Ludwig, L. 1893. Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross" during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. IV. Vorläufiger Bericht über die erbeuteten Holothurien. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 24(4): 105–114. BHL. Reference page. 
• Mackenzie, M., Davey, N., Burghardt, I., Haines, M.L. 2024. A report of sea cucumbers collected on the first dedicated deep-sea biological survey of Australia’s Indian Ocean Territories around Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 83: 207–316. DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2024.83.03 . Reference page. 
• Madeira, P., Kroh, A., Cordeiro, R., Frias Martins, A.M. de & Ávila, S.P. 2019. The Echinoderm Fauna of the Azores (NE Atlantic Ocean). Zootaxa 4639(1): 1–231. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4639.1.1 PDF. Reference page. 
• Ohshima, H. 1915. Report on the holothurians collected by the United States Fisheries steamer Albatross in the northwestern Pacific during the summer of 1906. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 48(2073): 213–291. BHL Reference page. 
• Perrier, E. 1886. Les explorations sous-marines. Librairie Hachette et Cie., Paris. i–iv, 1–352. (French). Reference page. 
• Perrier, R. 1896. Sur les Élasipodes recueillis par le Travailleur et le Talisman. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences. 123(21): 900–903. BHL (French). Reference page. 
• Perrier, R. 1902. Holothuries. Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883. 6: 273–554. BHL. Reference page. 
• Théel, J.H. 1882. Report on the Holothuroidea dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Part I. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873–76, Zoology 4(13): 1–176. BHL. Reference page. 
• Théel, J.H. 1886b. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), and along the eastern coast of the United States during the summer of 1880, by the U.S. Coast Survey steamer “Blake”, Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXX. Report on the Holothuroidea. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 13(1): 1–21. BHL. Reference page. 
• Verrill, A.E., 1884. Notice of the Remarkable Marine Fauna occupying the Outer Banks off the Southern Coast of New England, No. 9. The American journal of science ser. 3. 28(165): 213-220. BHL Reference page. 
• Xiao, N., Li, X-M., Sha, Z-L. 2018. Psychropotid holothurians (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Elasipodida) of the tropical Western Pacific collected by the KEXUE expedition with description of one new species. Marine Biology Research. 14(8): 816–826. DOI: 10.1080/17451000.2018.1546012 . Reference page. 

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