Psolus Explained
Psolus is a genus of sea cucumbers in the family Psolidae, marine animals with long bodies, leathery skins and tentacles, that inhabit the sea bed.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Psolus:
- Psolus agulhasicus Ludwig & Heding, 1935
- Psolus antarcticus (Philippi, 1857)
- Psolus arnaudi Cherbonnier, 1974
- Psolus ascidiiformis Mitsukuri, 1912
- Psolus atlantis O'Loughlin in O'Loughlin et al., 2013
- Psolus belgicae Hérouard, 1901
- Psolus byrdae O'Loughlin & Whitfield, 2010
- Psolus capensis Ludwig & Heding, 1935
- Psolus carolineae O'Loughlin & Whitfield, 2010
- Psolus cherbonnieri Carriol & Féral, 1985
- Psolus chitonoides Clark, 1901
- Psolus complicatus Deichmann, 1930
- Psolus depressus Ludwig & Heding, 1935
- Psolus digitatus Ludwig, 1893
- Psolus diomedeae Ludwig, 1893
- Psolus dubiosus Ludwig & Heding, 1935
- Psolus ephippifer Thomson, 1877
- Psolus eximius Savel'eva, 1941
- Psolus fabricii (Düben & Koren, 1846)
- Psolus figulus Ekman, 1925
- Psolus fimbriatus Sluiter, 1901
- Psolus granulosus Vaney, 1906
- Psolus griffithsi Thandar, 2009
- Psolus heardi O'Loughlin & Skarbnik-López in O'Loughlin et al., 2015
- Psolus hypsinotus Heding, 1942
- Psolus imperfectus H.L. Clark, 1923
- Psolus japonicus Östergren, 1898
- Psolus lawrencei Martinez & Penchaszadeh, 2017
- Psolus levis Koehler & Vaney, 1905
- Psolus lockhartae O'Loughlin & Whitfield, 2010
- Psolus macquariensis Davey & Whitfield, 2013
- Psolus macrolepis Fisher, 1907
- Psolus mannarensis James, 1984
- Psolus megaloplax Pawson, 1968
- Psolus membranaceus Koehler & Vaney, 1905
- Psolus murrayi Théel, 1886
- Psolus nummularis Perrier R., 1899
- Psolus operculatus (Pourtalès, 1868)
- Psolus paradubiosus Carriol & Féral, 1985
- Psolus parantarcticus Mackenzie & Whitfield, 2011
- Psolus parvulus Cherbonnier, 1974
- Psolus patagonicus Ekman, 1925
- Psolus pauper Ludwig, 1893
- Psolus pawsoni Miller & Turner, 1986
- Psolus peronii Bell, 1883
- Psolus phantapus (Strussenfelt, 1765)
- Psolus pourtalesi Théel, 1886
- Psolus propinquus Sluiter, 1901
- Psolus punctatus Ekman, 1925
- Psolus rufus Fernández-Rodríguez, Arias, Borrell, Anadón, Massin & Acuña, 2017
- Psolus salottii Mackenzie & Whitfield, 2011
- Psolus segregatus Perrier, 1905
- Psolus solidus Massin, 1987
- Psolus springthorpei Mackenzie & Whitfield, 2011
- Psolus squamatus (O.F. Müller, 1776)
- Psolus steuarti Mackenzie & Whitfield, 2011
- Psolus tessellatus Koehler, 1896
- Psolus tropicus Cherbonnier, 1966
- Psolus tuberculosus Théel, 1886
- Psolus victoriae Tommasi, 1971
