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Holothurians of the genus Molpadia Risso, 1826 (Molpadiida: Molpadiidae) from the shelf of Kamchatka and the Kurile islands

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Two species of holothurians of the order Molpadiida were found on the shelf of Kamchatka and the Kurile Islands: Molpadia orientalis (Saveljeva, 1933) comb. nov. and M. roretzi (von Marenzeller, 1877). Molpadiid holothurians were not previously recorded in waters near Kamchatka and the Kurile Islands. Brief descriptions of the morphology of the two species, distribution and ecology data, as well as figures depicting calcareous rings and body skin ossicles, are provided.

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  1. Kamchatka Branch, Pacific Institute of Geography, Far East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Partizanskaya 6, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski, 683000, Russia

    V. G. Stepanov

  2. Kamchatka Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, Naberezhnaya 18, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski, 683000, Russia

    T. B. Morozov

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Stepanov, V.G., Morozov, T.B. Holothurians of the genus Molpadia Risso, 1826 (Molpadiida: Molpadiidae) from the shelf of Kamchatka and the Kurile islands. Russ J Mar Biol 40, 88–94 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063074014020096

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