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

Ypsilothuriidae Heding, 1942

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Echinocucumis M. Sars, 1859
Ypsilothuria Perrier E., 1886

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Swedish: krumsjögurkor

Literature

original description

Heding, SG., 1942. Holothurioidea. Part II. Aspidochirota - Elasipoda - Dendrochirota. The Danish Ingolf expedition 1895-1896. Hagerup, Copenhagen. 4(13): 3-39, 2 pls.

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.

identification resource

Pawson, D. L. (1965). The bathyal holothurians of the New Zealand Region. Zool. Publ. from Victoria Univ. Wellingt. 39: 1-33.

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Ypsilothuriidae Heding, 1942. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123186

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2013-06-07 by Gustav Paulay

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