Phyllophoridae

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.

Phyllophoridae
Neothyonidium magnum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Holothuroidea
Order:	Dendrochirotida
Family:	Phyllophoridae Östergren, 1907 [1]
Genera
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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]

Genera

The following genera are recognised in the family Phyllophoridae:^[3]

• Allothyone Panning, 1949
• Anthochirus Chang, 1948
• Cladolella Heding & Panning, 1954
• Ekmanothyone Massin, 1993
• Hemithyone Pawson, 1963
• Lipotrapeza Clark, 1938
• Massinium Samyn & Thandar, 2003
• Neopentadactyla Deichmann, 1944
• Neothyonidium Deichmann, 1938
• Pentadactyla Hutton, 1878
• Pentamera Ayres, 1852
• Phyllophorella Heding & Panning, 1954
• Phyllophorus Grube, 1840
• Phyllostauros O'Loughlin in O'Loughlin, Barmos & VandenSpiegel, 2012
• Phyrella Heding & Panning, 1954
• Pseudoplacothuria Yamana & Kohtsuka, 2018
• Selenkiella Heding & Panning, 1954
• Stolus Selenka, 1867
• Thorsonia Heding, 1940
• Thyone Oken, 1815
• Thyonina Thandar, 1990
• Triasemperia O'Loughlin in O'Loughlin et al., 2014

References

1. Vanden Berghe, Edward (2010). "Phyllophoridae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
2. Phyllophoridae Digital Nature Archive. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
3. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Phyllophoridae Östergren, 1907". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-07-16.