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Phyllophoridae
Sign in to savePhyllophoridae is a family of sea cucumbers, marine invertebrates with elongated bodies, leathery skins and feeding tentacles.
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Species
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FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassHolothuroidea
- OrderDendrochirotida
- FamilyPhyllophoridae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 96
- With media
- 26
- Family
- Phyllophoridae
- Collections
- NMV, CAS, LACM, SIO, USNM, UF
- Recorded in
- Antarctica, United States, Mexico, Australia, Philippines, Japan, Ecuador, South Africa
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Dendrochirotida
- Image
- Neothyonidium magnum (Burrowing sea cucumber) at night.jpg
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- taxon name
- Phyllophoridae
- taxon rank
- family
- topic's main category
- Category:Phyllophoridae
- Commons category
- Phyllophoridae
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Genera
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Phyllophoridae is a family of sea cucumbers, marine invertebrates with elongated bodies, leathery skins and feeding tentacles.
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Phyllophoridae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.