[en] A specimen of Encheliophis was found in the coelomic cavity of a sea cucumber in Moorea (French Polynesia). The skeletal morphology (skull, girdles, vertebrae) reveal it to be a new species, described herein as Encheliophis chardewalli. It is separable from all described species of Encheliophis (except Encheliophis vermicularis) by the lack of pectoral fins and from E. vermicularis by the larger and fewer teeth on the lower jaw (14 vs more than 20 in E. vermicularis) and by seven branchiostegal rays (vs six in E. vermicularis).
Disciplines :
Zoology
Author, co-author :
Parmentier, Eric ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences et gestion de l'environnement > Morphologie fonctionnelle et évolutive
Language :
English
Title :
Encheliophis chardewalli: A new species of carapidae (Ophidiiformes) from French Polynesia, with a redescription of Encheliophis vermicularis
Publication date :
09 February 2004
Journal title :
Copeia
ISSN :
0045-8511
Publisher :
Amer Soc Ichthyologists Herpetologists, Charleston, United States - South Carolina
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