Phyllophoridae

Phyllophoridae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Holothuroidea
Order:	Dendrochirotida
Family:	Phyllophoridae; , 1907
Genera
	See text

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.^[2]

Genera[]

The following genera are recognised in the family Phyllophoridae:^[3]

Panning, 1949
Chang, 1948
Heding & Panning, 1954
Massin, 1993
Pawson, 1963
Clark, 1938
Samyn & Thandar, 2003
Deichmann, 1944
Deichmann, 1938
Hutton, 1878
Ayres, 1852
Heding & Panning, 1954
Grube, 1840
O'Loughlin in O'Loughlin, Barmos & VandenSpiegel, 2012
Heding & Panning, 1954
Yamana & Kohtsuka, 2018
Heding & Panning, 1954
Selenka, 1867
Heding, 1940
Thyone Oken, 1815
Thandar, 1990
O'Loughlin in O'Loughlin et al., 2014

References[]

^ Vanden Berghe, Edward (2010). "Phyllophoridae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
^ Phyllophoridae Digital Nature Archive. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Phyllophoridae Östergren, 1907". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-07-16.

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[WoRMS-1] Vanden Berghe, Edward (2010). "Phyllophoridae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-02-12.

[2] Phyllophoridae Digital Nature Archive. Retrieved 2012-02-12.

[3] "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Phyllophoridae Östergren, 1907". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-07-16.

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