Penilpidia ludwigi (von Marenzeller, 1893)
Ludwig's sea cucumber
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Kolga ludwigi von Marenzeller, 1893
Conservation Status
Rediscovered (1893-1993).
Distribution
Mediterranean Sea
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Marenzeller, E. von (1893). Zoologische Ergebnisse.I. Echinodermen, gesammelt 1890, 1891 und 1892. Berichte der Commission für Erforschung des Östlichen Mittelmeeres.V. Denkschriften der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 60: 1-24.
Other references:
Fiege, D. and Liao, Y. (1996). Penilpidia ludwigi (Marenzeller, 1893) (Holothurioidea: Elpidiidae) rediscovered from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. In: Uiblein, F., Ott, J., Stachowitsch, M. (Eds.), Deep-sea and extreme shallow-water habitats: affinities and adaptations. Biosystematics and Ecology Series 11: 61-66.
Gebruk, Andrey V. et al. (2013). Penilidia desbarresi sp. nov. (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Elasipodida) from the upper slope of Newfoundland and re-description of P. ludwigi (von Marenzeller, 1893). Marine Biology Research 9(10): 1029-1036. [Abstract]
Mecho A., Billett D.S.M., Ramírez-Llodra E., Aguzzi J., Tyler P.A., Company J.B. (2014). First records, rediscovery and compilation of deep-sea echinoderms in the middle and lower continental slope of the Mediterranean Sea. Sci. Mar. 78(2): 281-302. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.03983.30C
Pagès, F., Martín, J., Palanques, A., Puig, P., Gili, J.-M. (2007). High occurrence of the elasipod holothurian Penilpidia ludwigi (von Marenzeller, 1893) in bathyal sediment traps moored in a western Mediterranean submarine canyon. Deep Sea Research Part I, 54(12): 2170-2180.