Thelenota

Thelenota
Thelenota ananas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Holothuroidea
Order: Aspidochirotida
Family: Stichopodidae
Genus: Thelenota
Brandt, 1835

Thelenota is a genus of sea cucumber, in the Stichopodidae familia [1][2]

Description and characteristics

They are massive sea cucumbers, more or less rectangular in cross-section. The oral face (called trivium) is flat, and covered with numerous aligned podia. The tegument is thick, and covered with thick papillae and other tubercles. The oral tentacles are peltate, helping to collect the sediment to ingest.

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