Echinopsolus Gutt 1990
- Dataset
- The Antarctic holothurian genus Echinopsolus Gutt, 1990 (Dendrochirotida, Cucumariidae): brood pouches, spermatozoa, spermatozeugmata and taxonomic implications
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Echinodermata
- class
- Holothuroidea
- order
- Dendrochirotida
- family
- Psolidae
- genus
- Echinopsolus
diagnosis
Diagnosis [emended]: Cucumariidae with 10 tentacles, the two ventral considerably smaller. Sexes separate and dimorphic, genital papilla large digitiform in males, usually inconspicuous in females, five interradial anterior brood pouches in females (not present in males). Spermatozoa with fusiform head and hollow cylinder-like midpiece encircling anterior end of flagellum; multiple spermatozoa bundled by agglutinating tails to bunch-like spermatozeugmata. Calcareous deposits derived from simple multi-perforate plates.
Name
- Synonyms
- Microchoerus Gutt 1990
- Homonyms
- Echinopsolus Gutt 1990
- Echinopsolus