Peniagone vitrea: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Echinodermata
Class
Holothuroidea
Order
Elasipodida
Family
Elpidiidae
Genus
Peniagone
Species
Peniagone vitrea
Scientific Name
Peniagone vitrea

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Peniagone vitrea

Peniagone vitrea is a species of deep-sea swimming sea cucumber in the family Elpidiidae. It is a detritivore and is found in the northern Pacific Ocean at abyssal depths. It was first described by the Swedish zoologist Hjalmar Théel in 1879, being one of the many deep sea animals discovered during the Challenger expedition of 1872–1876.

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