''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
The demersal zone is the part of the sea or ocean (or deep lake) consisting of the part of the water column near to (and significantly affected by) the seabed and the benthos. The demersal zone is just above the benthic zone and forms a layer of ...
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''
Hansen, 1975
* ''
Psychropotes depressa''
(Théel, 1882)
* ''
Psychropotes dubiosa''
Ludwig, 1893
* ''
Psychropotes dyscrita''
(Clark, 1920)
* ''
Psychropotes fuscopurpurea
''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 ...
''
Théel, 1882
* ''
Psychropotes hyalinus''
Pawson, 1985
* ''
Psychropotes longicauda''
Théel, 1882
* ''
Psychropotes loveni''
Théel, 1882
* ''
Psychropotes minuta''
(Koehler & Vaney, 1905)
* ''
Psychropotes mirabilis
''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
* ''
Psychropotes monstrosa
''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 ...
''
Théel, 1882
* ''
Psychropotes moskalevi''
Gebruk & Kremenetskaia in Gebruk et al., 2020
* ''
Psychropotes pawsoni ''
Gebruk & Kremenetskaia in Gebruk et al., 2020
* ''
Psychropotes raripes''
Ludwig, 1893
* ''
Psychropotes scotiae''
(Vaney, 1908)
* ''
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 ...
''
Théel, 1882
* ''
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
''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, 1894)
* ''
Psychropotes xenochromata
''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 ...
''
Rogacheva & Billett, 2009
References
Holothuroidea genera
Psychropotidae
Taxa named by Johan Hjalmar Théel
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