Psychropotes sp. 1

Description

Geographic Information

Habitat description: Benthic, soft sediment.

Additional Information

Consulting taxonomist: Andrey Gebruk and Antonina (Rogacheva) Kremenetskaia, P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Moscow Russia.

Color: Light and dark purple specimens have been observed.

Verified MBARI depth distribution: 2447 - 3981 m

Taxonomist assessment: Possibly P. raripes.

References

Encyclopedia of Life

Tree of Life

World Register of Marine Species

National Center for Biotechnology Information

Gebruk, A.V., A. Kremenetskaia, and G.W. Rouse (2020). A group of species “Psychropotes longicauda” (Psychropotidae, Elasipodida, T Holothuroidea) from the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench area (North-West Pacific). Progress in Oceanography, 180: 10222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2019.102222.