Holothuria jousseaumei Cherbonnier, 1954: 255; Cherbonnier, 1955: 147, pl. 34, fig. a-p ; Cherbonnier, 1967: 57, 61 ; Daniel & Halder, 1974: 417 ; Tortonese, 1977: 275.
Holothuria (Cystipus) jousseaumei; Rowe, 1969: 156; Clark& Rowe, 1971:176; Samyn, 2003: 30, 35, 121.
Type data: EcHh 583; Red Sea; depth not provided; coll. Mr. Jousseaume & Mr. Contière, 1897; well preserved; well relaxed; specimen not dissected.
Anatomical description: 61 mm long; 20-25 mm wide; bivium arched; trivium flattened; mouth ventral; anus terminal; dorsal body wall light beige; ventral body wall light beige; tentacle colour brownish; dorsal appendages light beige; ventral tube feet light beige; dorsal appendages dispersed all over bivium but with one clear row along lateral side of ambulacrum; ventral tube feet in distinct rows; bivium and trivium not separated by a lateral fringe of appendages; body wall rough to the touch; tentacles size, number and shape not assessed; structure of calcareous ring not assessed; structure and number of tentacle ampullae not assessed; number of Polian vesicles could not be determined; number of stone canals could not be determined; gonad not assessed; structure of muscles not assessed; presence of Cuvierian tubules not assessed.
Ossicle description: cf syntype 1.
Known distribution: Red Sea (Djibouti, Entedebir, Gulf of Aqaba), Seychelles (Mahé).
Taxonomic decision: valid species (confirmed after examination of the type series).
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