Phyllophoridae is a
family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
of
sea cucumbers
Sea cucumbers are echinoderms from the class Holothuroidea (). They are marine animals with a leathery skin and an elongated body containing a single, branched gonad. Sea cucumbers are found on the sea floor worldwide. The number of holothuria ...
, 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.
Genera
The following
genera
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat ...
are recognised in the family Phyllophoridae:
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Allothyone''
Panning, 1949
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Anthochirus''
Chang, 1948
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Cladolella''
Heding & Panning, 1954
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Ekmanothyone''
Massin, 1993
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Hemithyone''
Pawson, 1963
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Lipotrapeza''
Clark, 1938
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Massinium''
Samyn & Thandar, 2003
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Neopentadactyla''
Deichmann, 1944
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Neothyonidium''
Deichmann, 1938
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Pentadactyla''
Hutton, 1878
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Pentamera''
Ayres, 1852
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Phyllophorella''
Heding & Panning, 1954
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Phyllophorus''
Grube, 1840
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Phyllostauros''
O'Loughlin in O'Loughlin, Barmos & VandenSpiegel, 2012
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Phyrella''
Heding & Panning, 1954
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Pseudoplacothuria''
Yamana & Kohtsuka, 2018
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Selenkiella''
Heding & Panning, 1954
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Stolus''
Selenka, 1867
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Thorsonia''
Heding, 1940
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Thyone''
Oken, 1815
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Thyonina''
Thandar, 1990
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Triasemperia''
O'Loughlin in O'Loughlin et al., 2014
References
Echinoderm families
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