Morphological and molecular evidence reveals a new species of Laetmogone (Holothuroidea, Elasipodida) from abyssal depths of the south Pacific Ocean Author Xiao, Yun-Lu https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9787-033X Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya 572000, China & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China Author Zhang, Hai-Bin 0000-0001-5429-9851 Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya 572000, China & HKUST-CAS Sanya Joint Laboratory of Marine Science Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya 572000, China text Zoosystematics and Evolution 2025 2025-01-22 101 1 127 139 journal article 307812 10.3897/zse.101.135131 67875742-6487-4bfb-ae5f-ce7aac6e2942 15A3A426-57C6-4BFE-9B4D-5A69AE56783C

Table 1. Laetmogone multiradiolus sp. nov. NIWA 164015. Number of spokes and central rays and diameter of 100 wheels from body wall, papillae, tube feet and tentacles of the holotype.

Diameter (mm)	Central rays			Spokes
	4	5	6	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	8–17
0.04	8	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	2	3	–	–	–	8
0.05	2	2	–	–	–	–	1	1	1	–	–	1	–	4
0.06	7	4	–	–	–	–	1	2	2	2	2		2	11
0.07	3	1	–	–	–	–	1	1	1	1	–	–	–	4
0.08	5	4	–	1		1	1	2	3	–	1	–	–	9
0.09	4	4	–		1	1		2	2	1	1	–	–	8
0.10	5	3	1	2	1		1	2	1	1	1	–	–	9
0.12	2	3	–		1	2	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	5
0.13	2	6	–	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	–	–	–	8
0.14	1	4	–	1	1	2	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	5
0.15	–	3	–		1	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	3
0.16	1	2	–	1	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3
0.17	1	3	–		2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4
0.18	1	2	–		1	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3
0.19	–	6	–			6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6
0.20	2	6	–	1	1	4	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	8
0.21	–	2	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
0.04-0.21	44	55	1	8	11	23	11	15	14	10	5	1	2	100