Phyllophoridae is a family of sea cucumbers, marine invertebrates with elongated bodies, leathery skins and feeding tentacles.
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Scientific classification 
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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]
Genera edit
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 edit
- ^ Vanden Berghe, Edward (2010). "Phyllophoridae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
- ^ Phyllophoridae Digital Nature Archive. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Phyllophoridae Östergren, 1907". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
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