Description
General:
Dark purple; long; many short projecting papillae.
Geographic Information
Habitat description:
Benthic.
Additional Information
Consulting taxonomist:
David Pawson, Smithsonian Natural History Museum.
References
Encyclopedia of LifeTree of Life
World Register of Marine Species
National Center for Biotechnology Information
Maluf, L.Y. (1988). Composition and distribution of the Central Eastern Pacific echinoderms. Technical Reports, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 2:242.
Pawson, D.L. (1983). Psychronaetes hanseni, a new genus and species of elasipodan sea cucumber from the eastern central Pacific (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea). Proceeding of the Biological Society of Washington, 96: 154-159.
Citation:
Psychronaetes hanseni
(Pawson, 1983) Deep-Sea Guide (DSG) at http://dsg/mbari.org/dsg/view/concept/Psychronaetes%20hanseni. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). Consulted on 2024-04-20.