Pelagothuriidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elasipodida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Holothuroidea Subclassis: Aspidochirotacea Ordo: Elasipodida

Familia: Pelagothuriidae
Genera (2): Enypniastes – Pelagothuria

Name

Pelagothuriidae Ludwig, 1893

Type genus: Pelagothuria Ludwig, 1893.

Synonymy

Pelagothuriidae Ludwig, 1893: 110–111; — Mortensen, 1927: 359, 376–377; — Hansen, 1975: 75; — Gebruk, 1989; — Mackenzie et al., 2024: 229.
Enypniastidae Östergren, 1907
- Type genus: Enypniastes Théel, 1882.
Planktothuriidae Gilchrist, 1920: 381.
- Type genus: Planktothuria Gilchrist, 1920.

References

Gebruk, A.V. 1989. [Revision of the family Pelagothuriidae (Holothuroidea, Elasipoda) with a review of Enypniastes eximia and Pelagothuria natatrix. 1. Review of the family Pelagothuriidae (Elasipoda)]. Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal. 68(12): 57–66. (Russian). Reference page.
Gilchrist, J.D.F. 1920. Planktothuria diaphana, gen. et sp. n. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. 64: 133–146. BHL. Reference page.
Hansen, B. 1975. Systematics and Biology of the Deep-Sea Holothurians, Part 1: Elasipoda. Galathea Report. 13: 1–262. Reference page.
Ludwig, L. 1893. Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross" during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. IV. Vorläufiger Bericht über die erbeuteten Holothurien. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 24(4): 105–114. BHL. Reference page.
Mackenzie, M., Davey, N., Burghardt, I., Haines, M.L. 2024. A report of sea cucumbers collected on the first dedicated deep-sea biological survey of Australia’s Indian Ocean Territories around Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 83: 207–316. DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2024.83.03 . Reference page.
Mortensen, O.T.J. 1927. Handbook of the echinoderms of the British Isles. Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press: London. IX, 471 pp. BHL Reference page.
Östergren, H. 1907. Zur Phylogenie und Systematik der Seewalzen. pp. 191–215. In: Särtryck ur Zoologiska Studier Tillägnade Professor T. Tullberg. Almquist & Wiksells Buchdruckerei-Aktiengesellschaft: Upsala. Reference page.