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Phyllophoridae
Family of sea cucumbers / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the sea cucumber family. For the beetle family, see click beetle.
Phyllophoridae is a family of sea cucumbers, marine invertebrates with elongated bodies, leathery skins and feeding tentacles.
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Phyllophoridae | |
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Neothyonidium magnum | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Class: | Holothuroidea |
Order: | Dendrochirotida |
Family: | Phyllophoridae Östergren, 1907 [1] |
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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.[2]