''Psychropotes'' is a genus of sea cucumbers in the family Psychropotidae. The members of this genus possess the ability to swim, although this is only facultative.
Description
As adults, species of ''Psychropotes'' are roughly cylindrical in shape and red to violet in colour. They have a sail-like appendage which can be used for swimming during the larval stage, but is no longer needed when it is fully grown. Larvae of ''Psychropotes'' species are
benthopelagic and swim around using the aforementioned appendage, however researchers are still trying to understand its use when the holothurian is fully grown. Larvae are transparent and can grow to around 2 cm long.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Psychropotes'':
* ''
Psychropotes belyaevi
''Psychropotes'' is a genus of sea cucumbers in the family Psychropotidae. The members of this genus possess the ability to swim, although this is only facultative.
Description
As adults, species of ''Psychropotes'' are roughly cylindrical in sh ...
''
Hansen, 1975
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Psychropotes depressa''
(Théel, 1882)
* ''
Psychropotes dubiosa
''Psychropotes'' is a genus of sea cucumbers in the family Psychropotidae. The members of this genus possess the ability to swim, although this is only facultative.
Description
As adults, species of ''Psychropotes'' are roughly cylindrical in sh ...
''
Ludwig, 1893
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Psychropotes dyscrita''
(Clark, 1920)
* ''
Psychropotes fuscopurpurea''
Théel, 1882
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Psychropotes hyalinus''
Pawson, 1985
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Psychropotes longicauda
''Psychropotes longicauda'' is a species of sea cucumber in the family Psychropotidae. It inhabits the deep sea where the adult is found on the seabed. The larva is pelagic and has an appendage shaped like a sail on its back which may enable it ...
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Théel, 1882
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Psychropotes loveni''
Théel, 1882
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Psychropotes minuta''
(Koehler & Vaney, 1905)
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Psychropotes mirabilis''
Hansen, 1975
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Psychropotes monstrosa''
Théel, 1882
* ''
Psychropotes moskalevi''
Gebruk & Kremenetskaia in Gebruk et al., 2020
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Psychropotes pawsoni ''
Gebruk & Kremenetskaia in Gebruk et al., 2020
* ''
Psychropotes raripes''
Ludwig, 1893
* ''
Psychropotes scotiae''
(Vaney, 1908)
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Psychropotes semperiana
''Psychropotes semperiana'' is a species of sea cucumber in the family Psychropotidae
Psychropotidae is a family of deep-sea swimming sea cucumbers. The geographic range of some psychropotids is very extensive at abyssal depths, whereas other ...
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Théel, 1882
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Psychropotes verrucicaudatus
''Psychropotes'' is a genus of sea cucumbers in the family Psychropotidae. The members of this genus possess the ability to swim, although this is only facultative.
Description
As adults, species of ''Psychropotes'' are roughly cylindrical in sh ...
''
Xiao, Gong, Kou & Li, 2019
* ''
Psychropotes verrucosa''
(Ludwig, 1894)
* ''
Psychropotes xenochromata''
Rogacheva & Billett, 2009
References
Holothuroidea genera
Psychropotidae
Taxa named by Johan Hjalmar Théel
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