Actinopyga bacilla Cherbonnier, 1988: 29; fig. 8A-R; Samyn, 2003: 17; Samyn et al., 2006: 55.
Type data: EcHh 40;44; Nosy Bé (Madagascar); unknown depth; coll. G. Cherbonnier; 5.X.1959; well preserved; well relaxed; eviscerated; ventro-longitudinal dissection.
Anatomical Description: 130 mm long; 22-36 mm wide; bivium arched; trivium distinctly flattened; mouth ventral; anus terminal; dorsal body wall beige; ventral body wall beige-brown; tentacles beige-brown; color dorsal appendages whitish; ventral tube feet beige-brown; dorsal appendages spread regularly over complete bivium; ventral tube dispersed mainly in ambulacra of trivium; bivium and trivium not separated by lateral fringe of appendages; body wall 4-5 mm thick, smooth to the touch; number of tentacles could not be determined; radial plates with straight posterior side; structure and size of interradial plates could not be determined; 20 large tentacle ampullae; Polian vesicle(s) could not be determined; stone canal(s) could not be determined; gonad not present; longitudinal muscles bifid, narrow, free at edges; respiratory tree not present; cloaca 38 mm long; Cuvierian tubules could not be determined.
Ossicle description: same as holotype.
Known distribution: Nosy Bé (Madagascar).
Taxonomic decision: nomen inquirendum, comparison with the type material of Actinopyga echinites Jaeger, 1833 needed.
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