Psolidae
Sign in to savePsolidae is a family of sea cucumbers, marine animals with elongated bodies, leathery skins and tentacles that are found on the sea bed.
Species
マツカサキンコ／ジイガゼキンコ
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassHolothuroidea
- OrderDendrochirotida
- FamilyPsolidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 217
- With media
- 114
- Family
- Psolidae
- Collections
- SIO, NMV, AUM
- Recorded in
- United States, Costa Rica, Mexico, Antarctica, Argentina
Wikidata facts
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- Parent taxon
- Dendrochirotida
- Image
- Psolus.jpg
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- Category:Psolidae
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- List of genera
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Psolidae is a family of sea cucumbers, marine animals with elongated bodies, leathery skins and tentacles that are found on the sea bed.
==Description== Members of the family Psolidae are small and inconspicuous sea cucumbers found in crevices and under boulders. They have a crown of branched tentacles, calcareous plates on the skin of the trunk and a basal sole that can move across the substrate. Some genera have papillae above but these are lacking in species of the genus Psolus.
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