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Taxonomy and distribution of the genus Kolga (Elpidiidae: Holothuroidea: Echinodermata)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2011

Antonina Rogacheva*
Affiliation:
P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nakhimovsky Prospekt 36, Moscow, 117997, Russia
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: A. Rogacheva, P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nakhimovsky Prospekt 36, Moscow, 117997, Russia email: [email protected]

Abstract

The genus Kolga has been revised. Kolga nana (Théel, 1879) is re-established and a new species, Kolga kamchatica sp. nov., is described. The new species was found in the Kurile–Kamchatka Trench at 6225–6236 m water depth. The three species of Kolga, K. hyalina, K. nana and K. kamchatica, differ mainly in morphology of tube feet ossicles. For the first time, swimming activity is reported in K. nana.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2011

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