Sclerodactylidae is a
family
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of
sea cucumbers, marine invertebrates with elongated bodies, leathery skins and tentacles.
Members of the family are characterised by the complex ring of
ossicles
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they have near the anterior end. These may or may not take the form of a short tube but are quite unlike the long tubes found in the
phyllophorids. The tentacles number ten to twenty.
Sclerodactylidae
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Genera
The World Register of Marine Species recognizes the following genera:
See also
*'' Sclerodactyla briareus''
References
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Echinoderm families