Zygothuria lactea

Familia: Mesothuriidae
Genus: Zygothuria
Species:

Zygothuria lactea (Théel, 1886)

Original combination: Holothuria lactea Théel, 1886

Type locality: Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, off the Azores and New Zealand, depth 1280–1830 m.

Syntypes: BMNH 1886.10.2.174 [1]; BMNH 1886.10.2.175 [2]; BMNH 1886.10.2.182 [3]; BMNH 1886.10.2.183 [4]; BMNH 1886.10.2.184 [5]; .

• Holothuria lactea Théel, 1886a: 183–184, pl. 10 figs. 9, 15; — Théel, 1886b: 6–7; — Koehler, 1895: 478–480, fig. 11; — Koehler, 1896: 102–105, fig. 33.
• Zygothuria lactea (Théel, 1886) R. Perrier, 1898: 1665; — R. Perrier, 1899a: 245; — R. Perrier, 1902: 322–327, pl. 17 figs. 1–10; — Deichmann, 1930: 108–111, pl. 8 figs. 8–9; — Deichmann, 1954: 386; — Gebruk et al., 2012: 310–321, figs. 13–14; — Thandar & Rambaran, 2015: 42–43; — Madeira et al., 2019: 156; — Mackenzie et al., 2024: 248–249, figs. 26a–f, S1.
• Synallactes lactea (Théel, 1886) Hérouard, 1896: 164.
• Mesothuria lactea (Théel, 1886) Sluiter, 1901a: 25; — Hérouard, 1902: 21–23, pl. 1 figs. 17–19; — Hérouard, 1923: 13–15, pl. 4 figs. 1–3; — Mortensen, 1927: 382–383, figs. 226–227.
• Mesothuria (Zygothuria) lactea (Théel, 1886); — Heding, 1940: 340–341, fig. 7.

• Deichmann, E. 1930. The Holothurians of the Western Part of the Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 71: 43–226. BHL. Reference page. 
• Deichmann, E. 1954. The holothurians of the Gulf of Mexico. Fishery bulletin. 55: 381–410. BHL. Reference page. 
• Gebruk, A.V., Solís-Marín, F.A., Billett, D.S.M., Rogacheva, A., Tyler, P.A. 2012. Review of the genus Zygothuria Perrier, 1898 and the Atlantic group of species of the genus Mesothuria Ludwig, 1894 (Synallactidae: Holothuroidea) with description of the new species Mesothuria milleri sp. nov.. Journal of Natural History. 46(5–6): 265–348. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2011.638423 . Reference page. 
• Heding, S.G. 1940. Die Holothurien der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. II. - Aspidochirote und Elasipode Formen. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. 24: 317–375. Reference page. 
• Hérouard, E. 1896. Note préliminaire sur les Holothuries provenant des dragages du Yacht Princesse-Alice. Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France 21: 163–168. BHL (French). Reference page. 
• Hérouard, E. 1902. Holothuries provenant des campagnes de la Princesse-Alice (1892-1897). Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies sur son yacht par Albert Ier, prince souverain de Monaco 21: 1–61, 8 plates. BHL (French). Reference page. 
• Hérouard, E. 1923. Holothuries provenant des campagnes des yachts Princesse-Alice et Hirondelle II (1898-1915). Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies sur son yacht par Albert Ier, prince souverain de Monaco 66: 1–161. PDF (French). Reference page. 
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1895. Draguages profonds exécutés à bord du "Caudan" dans le Golfe de Gascogone. Rapport préliminaire sur les échinodermes. Revue biologique du nord de la France. 7: 439-496. BHL Reference page. 
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1896a. Échinodermes. In: Résultats scientifiques de la campagne du "Caudan" dans le Golfe de Gascogne - août-septembre 1895. Annales de l'Université de Lyon. 26: 33-127. 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. 
• Mortensen, O.T.J. 1927. Handbook of the echinoderms of the British Isles. Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press: London. IX, 471 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Perrier, R. 1898. Sur les Holothuries recueillies par le Travailleur et le Talisman. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences. 126(23): 1664–1666. BHL (French). Reference page. 
• Perrier, R. 1899a. Diagnoses des Holothuries draguées par le Travailleur et le Talisman (Première Note). Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 5(5): 244–248. 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. 
• Sluiter, C.P. 1901a. Die Holothurien der Siboga-Expedition. Siboga-Expeditie. 44: 1–142, 10pls. BHL (German). Reference page. 
• Thandar, A.S. & Rambaran, R. 2015. On some sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) from off the south and west coasts of South Africa collected by the South African Environmental and Observation Network (SAEON). Zootaxa 3999(1): 41–61. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3999.1.3. Preview (PDF). Reference page. 
• Théel, J.H. 1886a. Report on the Holothurioidea dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Part II. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873–76, Zoology 14(39): 1–290. 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.