Peniagone
A genus of deep-sea sea cucumbers in Elpidiidae.
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Peniagone is a genus of deep-sea sea cucumbers in the family Elpidiidae. Peniagone wyvillii is the type species.
Scientific classification
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassHolothuroidea
- OrderElasipodida
- FamilyElpidiidae
- GenusPeniagone
Named by Théel, 1882
Sources: Wikipedia taxobox: Peniagone (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Quick Facts
- Family
- Elpidiidae
- Type species
- Peniagone wyvillii
- Earliest described species year
- 1879
- Latest described species year
- 2013
Facts from the source article.
Background
The genus Peniagone belongs to the family Elpidiidae and comprises deep-sea sea cucumbers. The type species is Peniagone wyvillii, described by Théel in 1882. Many species were described in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by researchers such as Théel, Ludwig, and Vaney, with additional species added as recently as 2013 by Rogacheva and Gebruk.
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Sources
Compiled from Wikipedia and the sources listed below. Text from Wikipedia is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is adapted from it.
- Wikipedia: Peniagone (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Word definitions: the Codexery glossary, each quoted from its Wikipedia article.
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