Kolostoneura

Kolostoneura
Kolostoneura novaezealandiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Holothuroidea
Order: Apodida
Family: Chiridotidae
Genus: Kolostoneura
Becher, 1909[1]
Type species
Rhabdomolgus novae-zealandiae
Dendy & Hindle, 1907[2]
Species

See Taxonomy

Kolostoneura is a genus of sea cucumber in the family Chiridotidae.[3] K. novaezealandiae was first recorded in the shallow coastal waters of New Zealand, while K. griffithsi is known from the Scotia Sea in Antarctica from depths of 506 m.[4]

Taxonomy

The following species are recognised in the genus Kolostoneura:[3]

  • K. griffithsi O'Loughlin & VandenSpiegel, 2010[4]
  • K. novaezealandiae (Dendy & Hindle, 1907)[2]

References

  1. ^ Becher, S. (1909). "Die systematische Stellung des Rhabdomolgus novaezelandiae". Archives de Zoologie Experimental et Générale. 5 (1): Notes et Revue 2: XXXIII-XLIII – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. ^ a b Dendy, Arthur; Hindle, E. (October 1907). "Some Additions to our Knowledge of the New Zealand Holothurians". Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology. 30 (196): 95–125. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1907.tb02126.x.
  3. ^ a b WoRMS. "Kolostoneura Becher, 1909". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2025-08-24.
  4. ^ a b O’Loughlin, P. Mark; VandenSpiegel, Didier (2010-12-14). "A revision of Antarctic and some Indo-Pacific apodid sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Apodida)". Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 67: 61–95. doi:10.24199/j.mmv.2010.67.06.