Elpidia

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Elpidia
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Elpidia glacialis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Holothuroidea
Order: Elasipodida
Family: Elpidiidae
Genus: Elpidia
Théel, 1882 [1]
Species

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Synonyms
  • Tutela Perrier R., 1896

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[]

  1. ^ a b c Paulay, Gustav (2014). "Elpidia – Théel, 1882". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
  2. ^ 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.


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