Benthodytes aff. typica

Description

Size: 5 - 20 cm

General: Violet, white, cream or light brown.

Geographic Information

Habitat description: Benthic soft sediment, demersal (capable of swimming).

Additional Information

Consulting taxonomist: David Pawson, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.

References

Encyclopedia of Life

Tree of Life

World Register of Marine Species

National Center for Biotechnology Information

Hansen, B. (1975). Systematics and biology of the deep-sea holothurians: Part 1 Elasipoda. Scandinavian Science Press, Copenhagen, Denmark. 262 pp.

Maluf, L.Y. (1988). Composition and distribution of the Central Eastern Pacific echinoderms. Technical Reports, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 2:242.