Three New Shallow Species of Taeniogyrus and Rowedota (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Apodida: Chiridotidae: Taeniogyrinae) from Southern Japan Author Yamana, Yusuke Wakayama Prefectural Museum of Natural History, Funo 370 - 1, Kainan, Wakayama 642 - 0001, Japan E-mail: yamanamako @ gmail. com & Corresponding author yamanamako@gmail.com Author Tanaka, Hayato Research Center for Marine Education, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7 - 3 - 1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113 - 0033, Japan Author Nakachi, Shu Kuroshio Biological Research Foundation, 560 Nishidomari, Otsuki, Kochi 788 - 0333, Japan text Species Diversity 2017 2017-05-25 22 1 53 68 http://dx.doi.org/10.12782/sd.22_53 journal article 7118 10.12782/sd.22_53 92b7b550-4d8a-41e5-a00a-788a742e31c0 2189-7301 4585067 83A1A483-8D0E-4B0B-8C2B-0AF8B6D32A96

Table 1. Summary of measurements and counts for five specimens each of the new species of Taeniogyrus and Rowedota.

Registration No.a	Type status	Localityb	Date of Anaesthetized collection (+) or not (−)	Body size (mm) Length Width		Tentacles	Counts Tentacle digits	Polian vesicles	Gonad type
T. mijim sp.nov.
a WMNH-INV: Invertebrate Collection of the Wakayama Prefectural Museum of Natural History, BIK-EC: Echinodermata Collection of the Biological Institute of Kuroshio. b MOT: Motoshima Islet, Mera, Tanabe, Wakayama, NIS: Nishidomari, Otsuki, Kochi, ARA: Araha Beach, Chatan, Okinawa.
WMNH-2015-INV-1402	paratype	MOT	31 July 2015 +	7.2	0.7	10	2	1	hermaphroditic
WMNH-2015-INV-1456	paratype	MOT	17 June 2015 +	9.4	1.0	10	2	1	hermaphroditic
WMNH-2015-INV-1457	holotype	MOT	17 June 2015 +	11.2	1.0	10	2	1	hermaphroditic
BIK-EC-T0200	paratype	NIS	29 October 2014 −	6.0	0.4	10	2	1	hermaphroditic
BIK-EC-T0201	paratype	NIS	29 October 2014 −	8.5	0.9	10	2	1	hermaphroditic
R. chippiru sp.nov.
WMNH-2015-INV-1476	holotype	ARA	14 September 2015 +	10.8	0.8	10	2	1	ovary
WMNH-2015-INV-1477	paratype	ARA	14 September 2015 +	6.3	0.5	10	2	1	ovary
WMNH-2015-INV-1478	paratype	ARA	14 September 2015 +	3.6	0.4	10	2	1	immature
WMNH-2015-INV-1479	paratype	ARA	14 September 2015 +	9.2	0.7	10	2	1	ovary
WMNH-2015-INV-1480	paratype	ARA	14 September 2015 +	6.6	0.6	10	2	1	ovary
R. motoshimaensis sp. nov.
WMNH-2015-INV-710	paratype	MOT	29 August 2015 +	5.6	0.7	10	4	1	immature
WMNH-2015-INV-711	paratype	MOT	29 August 2015 +	11.7	1.2	10	4	1	ovary
WMNH-2015-INV-715	paratype	MOT	29 August 2015 −	9.5	0.8	10	3–4	1	testis
WMNH-2015-INV-1400	paratype	MOT	31 July 2015 −	7.6	1.0	10	2	1	immature
WMNH-2015-INV-1767	holotype	MOT	29 September 2015 +	9.6	0.8	10	2–4	1	testis