Psolidae

Psolidae is a family of sea cucumbers, marine animals with elongated bodies, leathery skins and tentacles that are found on the sea bed.

Psolidae
Psolus fabricii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Holothuroidea
Order: Dendrochirotida
Family: Psolidae
Burmeister, 1837
Genera
  • Ceto Gistel, 1848
  • Ekkentropelma Pawson, 1971
  • Lissothuria Verrill, 1867
  • Neopsolidium Pawson, 1964
  • Psolidium Ludwig, 1886
  • Psolus Oken, 1815
Synonyms
  • Cuvieriadae Gray, 1842
  • Psolidae Forbes, 1841

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.[1]

List of genera
  • Ceto Gistel, 1848 -- 1 species
  • Echinopsolus Gutt, 1990 -- 4 species
  • Ekkentropelma Pawson, 1971 -- 2 species
  • Lissothuria Verrill, 1867 -- 9 species
  • Neopsolidium Pawson, 1964 -- 2 species
  • Psolidium Ludwig, 1887 -- 51 species
  • Psolus Jaeger, 1833 -- 55 species
Psolus phantapus

References
  1. Marine Species Identification Portal


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