Sclerodactyla briareus Lesueur 1824

Sclerodactyla briareus (Lesueur, 1824) Figure 16 Holothuria briareus Lesueur, 1824: 161. Thyone briareus.— Deichmann 1930: 65, pl. 13 figs. 5–7. Sclerodactyla briareus.— Hendler et al, 1995: 269, figs 148, 180, D, E, F. Material examined. USNM 3056, S.C., Charleston Bay, 20. (no date given) USNM E02509, N.C., Cape Lookout, R/V Fish Hawk, 1891, 3. USNM E 17186, Florida, 15. USNM E 19314, N.C., 28 ° 55 ’ 12 ”N, 80 ° 47 ’ 54 ”W, R/V Oregon II Sta 45091, Feb. 9, 1977,12.8m, 5. USNM E 19323, N.C., 33 ° 35 'N, 78 °05'W, R/V Pierce Sta 1 C, Nov. 16, 1977,18m. USNM E 22571, Georgia, 31 ° 31 'N, 81 °01'W, R/V Pelican, Sta 197 - 1, March 15, 1940, 11m. USNM E 22619, Georgia, St. Simon Sound, Sta CB 29-64, Sept. 10, 1929. USNM E 2526, N.C., Middle Sound, Near Wilmington,year 1880, 2. USNM E 2509, N.C.,Cape Lookout, R/V Fish Hawk, 3. USNM E 31612, N.C.,Cape Hatteras, 1982, 5. USNM E 34101, Florida, 28 ° 50 ’06”N, 80 ° 44 ’ 12 ”W, R/V Delaware II, Sta 0 70, May 21, 1984, 14.6m, 2. USNM E 46902, N.C., Surf City, Topsail Island, NE Wilmington, July 17, 1996. USNM E 34099, Florida, 28 ° 10 ’ 30 ”N, 80 ° 32 ’ 36 ”W, R/V Delaware II, Sta 0 18, May 19 1984, 16.5m. USNM E 34100, Florida, 59 Nautical Miles E, 30 ° 20 'N, 80 ° 14 'W, R/V Delaware II, Sta 131, April 27, 1983, 64– 66m. USNM E 34098, 29°09’ 54 ”N, 80 ° 57 ’ 30 ”W, R/V Delaware II, Sta 0 72, May 21, 1984, 14.6m, 16. USNM E 39036, Florida, NW of Cape Canaveral, 28 ° 55 ’ 12 ”N, 80 ° 47 ’ 54 ”W, R/V Oregon II Sta 45091, March 19, 1987,12.8m, 5. NMNH, 27 lots. SERTC 2098, Key Biscane, Cape Florida, FL, coll. GML Staff, December 14, 1967. SERTC 2454, off Little St Simons Island, GA, 31 °13.65'N, 81 °14.00 'W, 7 m, coll. MRRI Staff, April 6 2005. SERTC 2455, off St Simons Island, GA, 31 °10.99'N, 81 °16.03 'W, 7 m, coll. MRRI Staff, April 6 2005. SERTC 2456, Port Royal Sound, SC, 32 °15.12'N, 80 °40.72'W, coll. MRRI Staff, October 1987. SERTC 2457, off Fernandina Beach, FL, 30 °39.88'N, 81 °23.60'W, 10 m, coll. MRRI Staff, July 24 2003. SERTC 2206, southwest end of Folly Island, SC, 32 °38.3'N, 79 °58.5'W, 0.9 m, coll. GML Staff, April 8 1972. SERTC 2209, Isle of Palms, SC, coll. GML Staff, July 1 1962. SERTC 2212, Dewee’s Inlet, north end of Isle of Palms, SC, coll. GML Staff, June 30 1970. DML 770, Off Beaufort Inlet, NC, June 13, 1968, 8 m. DML 2091, 34 º 24 'N, 75 º 49 'W, June 28, 1965, 200 m. Diagnosis. Medium-size, burrowing form, up to 120mm long. Color green or brown, to almost black. Body barrel-shaped, tapering only at the anterior and posterior extremes. Feet numerous, hairlike, scattered over entire body. Body wall thin, with ossicles consisting of tables (60–80 μm diameter) with 4 -pillared spire; no buttons. Distribution. Nova Scotia to E and W FL, AL, LA, MS, TX, Venezuela. Habitat. Soft muddy substrates, often associated with seagrass beds. 0– 66 m. Remarks. Hendler et al. (1995) include extensive notes on the biology of this species.Published as part of Pawson, David L., Pawson, Doris J. & King, Rachael A., 2010, A taxonomic guide to the Echinodermata of the South Atlantic Bight, USA: 1. Sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea), pp. 1-48 in Zootaxa 2449 on page 24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19513