Holothuria (Stichothuria) coronopertusa Chebonnier, 1981

Thandar, Ahmed S., 2025, A new species of sea cucumber, Holothuria (Vaneyothuria) serishae sp. nov., from southern Mozambique and two new southern African records (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Holothuriida: Holothuriidae), Zootaxa 5647 (1), pp. 69-76 : 73

Holothuria (Stichothuria) coronopertusa Chebonnier, 1981

Cherbonnier, 1980: 639, fig. 13 A–R, pl.1 B.

Type locality: New Caledonia

Material examined: None

Remarks. This species, first recorded from New Caledonia by Cherbonnier (1980), now needs to be added to the southern African holothuroid fauna as a result of its collection from Sodwana Bay, South Africa, by Dr Y. Samyn and his team. This discovery was presented as a poster by Samyn et al. at the 14 th IEC in Brussels in 2012 but has not yet been formally described. Since it was overlooked by Thandar (2022) in his analysis of the southern African holothuroid biodiversity it is here included to update the number of species now known from southern Africa. Samyn (pers. com) states that its description is in progress and the species, based also on molecular evidence, is perhaps referable to the subgenus Mertensiothuria .