Sclerodactylidae
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| Sclerodactylidae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Holothuroidea |
| Subclass: | Dendrochirotacea |
| Order: | Dendrochirotida |
| Family: | Sclerodactylidae [1] Panning, 1902 [2] |
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Sclerodactylidae is a family of sea cucumbers, marine invertebrates with elongated bodies, leathery skins and tentacles.
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.[3]
Genera
The World Register of Marine Species recognizes the following genera: [1]
- Afrocucumis Deichmann, 1944
- Apentamera
- Athyone Deichmann, 1941
- Cladolabes Brandt, 1835
- Clarkiella
- Deichmannia
- Engeliella
- Eupentacta
- Euthyonidiella Heding & Panning, 1954
- Neopentamera
- Neothyone
- Ohshimella Heding & Panning, 1954
- Pachythyone
- Pseudothyone Panning, 1949
- Sclerodactyla
- Sclerothyone
- Sphaerella
- Temparena Thandar, 1989
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vanden Berghe, Edward (2010). "Sclerodactylidae". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
- ↑ Sclerodactylidae Panning, 1902 ITIS. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
- ↑ Sclerodactylidae Digital Nature Archive. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
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