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Family ELPIDIIDAE


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 Elpidiidae is cosmopolitan with ten known genera. Four genera and five species occur in Australia.

This family is distinguished from other holothurian families in the order Elasipodida by the following combination of character states: 10-12 tentacles, ventrolateral radii each with a few large, well-developed tube feet; midradial tube feet absent, calcarous ring consisting of five star-shaped pieces.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023 11-Dec-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)