Pelagothuria
Sign in to savePelagothuria is a genus of sea cucumber in the family Pelagothuriidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Pelagothuria natatrix.
Species
クラゲナマコ
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassHolothuroidea
- OrderElasipodida
- FamilyPelagothuriidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2
- Family
- Pelagothuriidae
- Collections
- HBOI-FAU
- Recorded in
- Curacao, Bahamas
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Pelagothuriidae
- Image
- Pelagothuria natatrix.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- taxon name
- Pelagothuria
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Pelagothuria
- taxonomic type
- Pelagothuria natatrix
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~3 min read
Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Characteristics
- Habitat and repartition
- Discovery
- References
Pelagothuria is a genus of sea cucumber in the family Pelagothuriidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Pelagothuria natatrix.
== Characteristics == Pelagothuria is somewhat unusual in appearance in comparison with other sea cucumbers (and even within its family), as it looks more like a jellyfish with its large umbrella-like swimming structure supported by a ring of around 12 highly modified oral tentacles, its small tapered body and its swimming position with the mouth on top. The body is translucent with a pale purple pigmentation. The mouth is surrounded by around 15 short feeding tentacles like any sea cucumber, and the veil can be contracted like jellyfishes do (it is interrupted at the central ventral radius). The animal seems to reach around 16 cm in total diameter.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pelagothuria” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.