- Scotoplanes
Taxobox
name = Scotoplanes
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Echinodermata
classis =Holothuroidea
ordo =Elasipodida
familia =Elpidiidae
genus = "Scotoplanes"
genus_authority = Théel, 1882
subdivision_ranks =Species
subdivision = see text."Scotoplanes" are a genus of
deep-sea holothuria ns (sea cucumbers) commonly called Sea pigs."Scotoplanes" live on or just underneath the surface of the bottom of the ocean, on the
abyssal plain . They look and act a bitslug -like. They feed on the mud of the sea floor, benefiting from the organic materials that settle to the ocean bottom. For reasons scientists don't yet understand, members of the phylumEchinodermata are extremely successful in the ocean depths [ [http://www.extremescience.com/deepcreat4.htm Life on the Sea Floor ] ] .The genus includes the following species [ [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123520 MarineSpecies.org - Scotoplanes ] ] :
*"Scotoplanes angelicus "
*"Scotoplanes globosa "
*"Scotoplanes mutabilis "References
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