Figure 14. Molpadia violacea Studer, 1876 photos and SEM ossicle images. a in Sea cucumbers of the Kerguelen Plateau, with descriptions of new genus and species (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea)

Figure 14. Molpadia violacea Studer, 1876 photos and SEM ossicle images. a, left lateral view of holotype (oral end left) (ZMB 2070) (bottom left insert with photo of tentacles); b, right lateral view of HIMI specimen of Molpadia violacea (NMV F165737) (insert with drawing of radial (left) and inter-radial plates of the calcareous ring); c, d, SEM images of fusiform rod ossicles from HIMI specimen of Molpadia violacea (NMV F165737); c, from mid-body wall (insert with drawings of table disc and spire); d, from caudal body wall.