Scotoplanes globosa

Description

General: Pinkish-tan, no apprarent body-wall annulations, long lateral papillae.

Geographic Information

Habitat description: Benthic, soft sediment.

Ocean range (global): Cosmopolitan.

Published depth range: 545 - 6770 m, however we are finding that this species is generally not seen below 2000 m.

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

Lauerman, L.M.L., R.S. Kaufmann, and K.L. Smith Jr. (1996). Distribution and abundance of epibenthic megafauna at a long time-series station in the abyssal northeast Pacific. Deep Sea Research 1, 43: 1075-1103.

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