''Ellipinion'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of deep-sea

sea cucumber Sea cucumbers are echinoderms from the class (biology), class Holothuroidea ( ). They are benthic marine animals found on the sea floor worldwide, and the number of known holothuroid species worldwide is about 1,786, with the greatest number be ...

s in the

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Elpidiidae Elpidiidae is a family of deep-sea sea cucumbers. They have a translucent body with long and stout podia acting like legs. The mouth is surrounded by thick and short oral tentacles, and the dorsal part often shows pairs of elongated podia as wel ...

. It was first described by the French marine biologist

Edgard Hérouard Edgard Joseph Émile Hérouard (18 March 1858 in Saint-Quentin, Aisne - 22 March 1932 in Paris) was a French marine biologist. In 1889 he started work as a préparateur at the University of Paris, Sorbonne, earning his doctorate in natural scien ...

in 1923.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus ''Ellipinion'': *'' Ellipinion alani'' Rogacheva, Gebruk & Alt, 2013 *'' Ellipinion albida'' (Théel, 1882) *'' Ellipinion bucephalum'' Hansen, 1975 *'' Ellipinion delagei'' (Hérouard, 1896) *''

Ellipinion facetum ''Ellipinion'' is a genus of deep-sea sea cucumbers in the Family (biology), family Elpidiidae. It was first described by the French marine biologist Edgard Hérouard in 1923. Species The following species are recognised in the genus ''Ellipinio ...

'' (Hansen, 1975) *'' Ellipinion galatheae'' (Hansen, 1956) *'' Ellipinion kumai'' (Mitsukuri, 1912) *'' Ellipinion molle'' (Théel, 1879) *'' Ellipinion papillosum'' (Théel, 1879) *'' Ellipinion solidum'' Hansen, 1975

References

Holothuroidea genera Elpidiidae {{Holothuroidea-stub