Members of this family have digitate tentacles, bearing 2-8 digits on each side. They lack podia, radial canals and respiratory tree.
The soft body wall is supported by ossicles which are generally wheel-shaped with 8 or more spokes.
They are abyssal sea cucumbers, and may be the deepest-living group of echinoderms : species of the genera Myriotrochus and Prototrochus (such as Prototrochus bruuni) have been identified down to 10,687 m (35,062 ft) deep.[1]
List of generaedit
The following genera are recognised in the family Myriotrochidae:
Acanthotrochus Danielssen & Koren, 1881 -- 3 species
myriotrochidae, family, cucumbers, myriotrochus, scientific, classification, domain, eukaryota, kingdom, animalia, phylum, echinodermata, class, holothuroidea, order, apodida, family, théel, 1877, genera, textdescription, characteristics, editmembers, this, fa. Myriotrochidae is a family of sea cucumbers Myriotrochidae Myriotrochus sp Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Echinodermata Class Holothuroidea Order Apodida Family MyriotrochidaeTheel 1877 Genera see textDescription and characteristics editMembers of this family have digitate tentacles bearing 2 8 digits on each side They lack podia radial canals and respiratory tree The soft body wall is supported by ossicles which are generally wheel shaped with 8 or more spokes They are abyssal sea cucumbers and may be the deepest living group of echinoderms species of the genera Myriotrochus and Prototrochus such as Prototrochus bruuni have been identified down to 10 687 m 35 062 ft deep 1 List of genera editThe following genera are recognised in the family Myriotrochidae Acanthotrochus Danielssen amp Koren 1881 3 species Achiridota Clark 1908 3 species Hemisphaeranthos Terquem amp Berthelin 1875 4 species Myriotrochus Steenstrup 1851 19 species Neolepidotrochus Bohn 2005 5 species Parvotrochus Gage amp Billett 1986 1 species Prototrochus Belyaev amp Mironov 1982 17 species Siniotrochus Pawson 1971 3 species Trochoderma Theel 1877 1 speciesReferences edit Mah Christopher L 8 April 2014 What are the Deepest known echinoderms The Echinoblog nbsp This article about a sea cucumber is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Myriotrochidae amp oldid 1198249569, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
