First Record of the Apodid Sea Cucumber Anapta gracilis Semper, 1868 (Holothuroidea: Synaptidae) in the Gulf of Thailand

Arom Mucharin; Yves Samyn; Bang-on Changlom; Wanchai Sukkasem

Authors

Arom Mucharin Natural History Museum, National Science Museum, Thailand, Technopolis, Khlong 5, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani 12120 Thailand
Yves Samyn Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29 B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
Bang-on Changlom Natural History Museum, National Science Museum, Thailand, Technopolis, Khlong 5, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani 12120 Thailand
Wanchai Sukkasem Natural History Museum, National Science Museum, Thailand, Technopolis, Khlong 5, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani 12120 Thailand

Keywords:

Anapta gracilis, Gulf of Thailand, taxonomy, lectotype

Abstract

The first record of the anpodid sea cucumber Anapta gracilis in the Gulf of Thailand is herein recorded. A redescription of Anapta gracilis is given and its taxonomic status is clarified. In the absence of a lectotype, we herein assign a lectotype.

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