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Ellipinion is a genus of deep-sea sea cucumbers in the family Elpidiidae. It was first described by the French marine biologist Edgard Hérouard in 1923.

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GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumEchinodermata
  3. ClassHolothuroidea
  4. OrderElasipodida
  5. FamilyElpidiidae
Habitatmarine

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Specimen records
17
Family
Elpidiidae
Collections
USNM, NMV, SAMA, MNHN
Recorded in
Chile, Antarctica, Australia, South Georgia And The South Sandwich Islands, Atlantique Nord

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Elpidiidae
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taxon name
Ellipinion
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Ellipinion
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Ellipinion is a genus of deep-sea sea cucumbers in the family Elpidiidae. It was first described by the French marine biologist Edgard Hérouard in 1923.

==Species== The following species are recognised in the genus Ellipinion: Ellipinion alani Rogacheva, Gebruk & Alt, 2013 Ellipinion albida (Théel, 1882) Ellipinion bucephalum Hansen, 1975 Ellipinion delagei (Hérouard, 1896) Ellipinion facetum (Hansen, 1975) Ellipinion galatheae (Hansen, 1956) Ellipinion kumai (Mitsukuri, 1912) Ellipinion molle (Théel, 1879) Ellipinion papillosum (Théel, 1879) Ellipinion solidum Hansen, 1975

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