Sclerodactylidae is a family of sea cucumbers, marine invertebrates with elongated bodies, leathery skins and tentacles.
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| Eupentacta quinquesemita | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Holothuroidea |
| Order: | Dendrochirotida |
| Family: | Sclerodactylidae Panning, 1902 [1] |
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Members of the family are characterised by the complex ring of ossicles 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.[2]
Genera edit
The World Register of Marine Species recognizes the following genera:[3]
- genus Afrocucumis Deichmann, 1944
- genus Apentamera Deichmann, 1941
- genus Athyone Deichmann, 1941
- genus Cladolabes Brandt, 1835
- genus Clarkiella Heding in Heding & Panning, 1954
- genus Coronatum Martins & Souto in Martins, Souto & Menegola, 2012
- genus Deichmannia Cherbonnier, 1958
- genus Engeliella Cherbonnier, 1968
- genus Eupentacta Deichmann, 1938
- genus Euthyonidiella Heding & Panning, 1954
- genus Globosita Cherbonnier, 1958
- genus Havelockia Pearson, 1903
- genus Neopentamera Deichmann, 1941
- genus Neothyone Deichmann, 1941
- genus Ohshimella Heding & Panning, 1954
- genus Pachythyone Deichmann, 1941
- genus Pseudothyone Panning, 1949
- genus Sclerodactyla Ayres, 1851
- genus Sclerothyone Thandar, 1989
- genus Temparena Thandar, 1989
- genus Thandarum Martinez & Brogger, 2012
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ Sclerodactylidae Panning, 1902 ITIS. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
- ^ Sclerodactylidae Digital Nature Archive. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
- ^ Vanden Berghe, Edward (2010). "Sclerodactylidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-02-12.