Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Echinozoa > Class Holothuroidea > Subclass Actinopoda > Order Elasipodida > Family Elpidiidae

Elpidia Théel, 1876

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Tutela*	Perrier R., 1896	synonym

Children

Elpidia echinata (R. Perrier, 1896)
Elpidia glacialis Théel, 1876

Literature

original description	Théel, H., 1876. Note sur l'Elpida genre nouveau du groupe des Holothuries. Bihang Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar. 4(4): 7 pps.
original description	Théel, H., 1876. Expedition polaire suedoise. Holothurie nouvelle. Archives de Zoologie Experimental et Générale. 5: 11-14.
basis of record	Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351.
additional source	The Zoological Record: records of zoological literature relating chiefly to the year. Zoological Society of London City: London, UK.
additional source	Thandar, A.S. (1999). Deep-sea Holothuroids taken by the R.V. Africana II in 1959, from off the West Coast of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa, Ann. S. Afr. Mus., Vol. 105(9): 364-409, 16 figs, 2 tables
additional source	Théel, H. (1877). Mémoire sur l'Elpidia, nouveau genre d'Holothuries. Sv. Ak. Handl. Xiv. 8: 30 pp., 5 pls.