Psolidiella mollis (Ludwig and Heding)

O'Loughlin, P. Mark, Eichler, John, Altoff, Leon, Falconer, Audrey, Mackenzie, Melanie, Whitfield, Emily & Rowley, Chris, 2009, Observations of reproductive strategies for some dendrochirotid holothuroids (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida), Memoirs of Museum Victoria 66 (2), pp. 215-220 : 217

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2009.66.19
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10878998
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E7310E6C-231D-1028-29C2-F98D0407B55A
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Psolidiella mollis (Ludwig and Heding)
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Brood-protection by Psolidiella mollis (Ludwig and Heding) View in CoL

Psolidiella mollis (Ludwig & Heding, 1935) is an additional species of Antarctic dendrochirotid holothuroid that broodprotects in marsupia (see Table 1 View Table 1 ). Males have a long genital papilla ( NMV F157414 About NMV ), and females have up to five anterior interradial internal marsupia (fig. 3a; NMV F104865 About NMV ). One female from Bouvet Island (fig. 3b; NMV F104882 About NMV ) has 46 and 60 differentiated embryos ( 3–4 mm long) in each of two marsupia, and 52, 53, and 60 undifferentiated eggs or embryos (1.3 mm long) in each of three marsupia, evidence of two fertilization events .