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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Sibling Taxa
- Peniagone affinis
- Peniagone anamesa
- Peniagone azorica
- Peniagone challengeri
- Peniagone coccinea
- Peniagone crozeti
- Peniagone diaphana
- Peniagone dubia
- Peniagone elongata
- Peniagone gracilis
- Peniagone herouardi
- Peniagone horrifer
- Peniagone incerta
- Peniagone intermedia
- Peniagone islandica
- Peniagone japonica
- Peniagone leander
- Peniagone longipapillata
- Peniagone lugubris
- Peniagone marecoi
- Peniagone mossmani
- Peniagone papillata
- Peniagone porcella
- Peniagone purpurea
- Peniagone thieli
- Peniagone vignoni
- Peniagone vitrea
- Peniagone willemoesi
- Peniagone wiltoni
- Peniagone wyvillii