Elpidia
Elpidia | |
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Elpidia glacialis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Class: | Holothuroidea |
Order: | Elasipodida |
Family: | Elpidiidae |
Genus: | Elpidia Théel, 1882 [1] |
Species | |
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Synonyms | |
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Elpidia is a genus of deep-sea sea cucumbers. Members are characterised by their rod-shaped spicules which each have two pairs of obliquely-placed horizontal arms and two vertical apophyses.[1] There is a high degree of endemism in this genus with different species occupying different deep sea basins or regions.[2]
Species[]
The following species are recognised in the genus Elpidia:[1]
- Belyaev, 1971
- Belyaev, 1971
- Belyaev, 1971
- Rogacheva, 2007
- Belyaev, 1971
- Belyaev, 1971
- Belyaev, 1975
- (R. Perrier, 1896)
- Elpidia glacialis Théel, 1876
- Belyaev, 1975
- Baranova, 1989
- Belyaev, 1971
- Hansen, 1956
- Baranova & Belyaev in Belyaev, 1971
- Belyaev, 1975
- Belyaev, 1971
- Elpidia minutissima Belyaev, 1971
- Belyaev, 1975
- Hansen, 1956
- Ogawa, Morita & Fujita, 2020
- Hansen, 1956
- Hansen, 1956
- Belyaev, 1971
References[]
- ^ a b c Paulay, Gustav (2014). "Elpidia – Théel, 1882". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
- ^ Genco, Brandon M. (2012). "A continued study on the abundance and population structure of the functionally important holothurian Elpidia minutissima, at the long-term abyssal study site Station M." (PDF). Retrieved 2014-10-06.
Categories:
- Holothuroidea genera
- Elpidiidae
- Taxa named by Johan Hjalmar Théel
- Holothuroidea stubs