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Polycheira
Sign in to savePolycheira is a genus of holothurians (sea cucumbers) found in tropical Indo-Pacific.
Species
ムラサキクルマナマコ属
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassHolothuroidea
- OrderApodida
- FamilyChiridotidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Chiridotidae
- Collections
- USNM, AMNH, NMV, MAGNT
- Recorded in
- French Polynesia, Philippines, Usa Territory: Virgin Islands, Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Chiridotidae
- Image
- Polycheira rufescens murasakikurumanamako1.jpg
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- taxon name
- Polycheira
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Polycheira
- topic's main category
- Category:Polycheira
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Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- Systematics
- References
Polycheira is a genus of holothurians (sea cucumbers) found in tropical Indo-Pacific.
A curious pattern of reproduction has been found in Polycheira rufescens where specimens change their sex from male to female and from female to male in a reproductive season
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Polycheira” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.