|
Family Stichopodidae
|
|
|
|
Order
|
:
|
|
||
|
Class
|
:
|
Holothuroidea
|
||
|
No. of Genera in Ref.
|
:
|
|||
|
No. of Species in Ref.
|
:
|
|||
|
Environment
|
:
|
Fresh : No |
Brackish : No |
Marine : Yes
|
||
|
Aquarium
|
:
|
|||
|
First Fossil Record
|
:
|
|
||
|
Remark
|
:
|
Body square-shaped or trapezoidal in cross-section. Cuvierian organs absent. Gonads forming 2 tuffs appended on each side of the dorsal mesentery. Dominant spicules in form of branched rods and C- and S-shaped rods (Ref. 122).
|
||
|
Etymology
|
:
|
|||
|
Division
|
:
|
Marine
|
||
|
Reproductive guild
|
:
|
|||
|
Typical activity level
|
:
|
|||
|
Main Ref.
|
:
|
|
||
|
Coordinator
|
:
|
|
||
|
|
|
|