Phyllophoridae is a
family
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of
sea cucumbers
Sea cucumbers are echinoderms from the 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 being in the Asi ...
, marine invertebrates with elongated bodies, leathery skins and feeding tentacles.
Members of the family are characterised by a complex ring of calcareous ossicles arranged in a tube, making a mosaic pattern. The tentacles number ten to twenty-five. Some members have spindle-shaped bodies whilst others are buried in the substrate and adopt a U-shaped form.
Genera
The following
genera
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are recognised in the family Phyllophoridae:
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Allothyone''
Panning, 1949
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Anthochirus''
Chang, 1948
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Cladolella''
Heding & Panning, 1954
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Ekmanothyone''
Massin, 1993
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Hemithyone''
Pawson, 1963
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Lipotrapeza''
Clark, 1938
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Massinium''
Samyn & Thandar, 2003
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Neopentadactyla''
Deichmann, 1944
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Neothyonidium''
Deichmann, 1938
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Pentadactyla''
Hutton, 1878
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Pentamera''
Ayres, 1852
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Phyllophorella''
Heding & Panning, 1954
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Phyllophorus''
Grube, 1840
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Phyllostauros''
O'Loughlin in O'Loughlin, Barmos & VandenSpiegel, 2012
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Phyrella''
Heding & Panning, 1954
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Pseudoplacothuria''
Yamana & Kohtsuka, 2018
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Selenkiella''
Heding & Panning, 1954
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Stolus
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Stolus was a member of the Delian League
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Selenka, 1867
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Thorsonia''
Heding, 1940
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Thyone''
Oken, 1815
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Thyonina''
Thandar, 1990
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Triasemperia''
O'Loughlin in O'Loughlin et al., 2014
References
Echinoderm families
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