Sclerodactylidae
Family of sea cucumbers / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sclerodactylidae is a family of sea cucumbers, marine invertebrates with elongated bodies, leathery skins and tentacles.
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Sclerodactylidae | |
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Eupentacta quinquesemita | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Class: | Holothuroidea |
Order: | Dendrochirotida |
Family: | Sclerodactylidae Panning, 1902 [1] |
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Members of the family are characterised by the complex ring of ossicles they have near the anterior end. These may or may not take the form of a short tube but are quite unlike the long tubes found in the phyllophorids. The tentacles number ten to twenty.[2]