Family DEIMATIDAE
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
2001 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
1995 - F.W.E. Rowe & J. Gates, Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Introduction
The family Deimatidae is cosmopolitan and includes three genera. Two genera and two species are recorded from Australian waters.
Deimatids are distinguished from other families in the order Elasipodida by the following combination of character states: tentacles peltate; retractor muscles and respiratory trees absent; tube feet present; elongate non-retractile processes present; skin thin parchment-like, brittle; ossicles comprise perforated plates or cruciform bodies.
General References
Hansen, B. 1975. Systematics and biology of the deep-sea holothurians. Part I. Elasipoda. Galathea Report 13: 1-262 figs 1-125 pls 1-14
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 15-Sep-2023 | 11-Dec-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |