Polycheira
| Polycheira | |
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| Polycheira rufescens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Holothuroidea |
| Order: | Apodida |
| Family: | Chiridotidae |
| Genus: | Polycheira Eschscholtz, 1829 |
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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 [1]
Systematics
[edit]Polycheira appear to be closely related to the genus Chiridota (both belong to the subfamily Chiridotinae).[2] The type species of the genus is Polycheira rufescens (Brandt, 1835).
The following species are recognised in the genus Polycheira:[3]
- Polycheira echinata Heding, 1928
- Polycheira nusalaut Setyastuti & Lüter, 2026[4]
- Polycheira rufescens (Brandt, 1835)
References
[edit]- ↑ Arakaki, S. et al., Sex change and spatial distribution pattern in an intertidal holothurian Polycheira rufescens in the reproductive season. Res. Popul. Ecol. 1999, vol. 41, No 3
- ↑ Kerr, A.M. Phylogeny of the Apodan Holothurians (Echinodermata) inferred from morphology. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (2001), 133
- ↑ MarineSpecies.org - Polycheira
- ↑ Setyastuti, A., & Lüter, C. (2026). The sea cucumber order Apodida (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) from Indonesia: description of a new species and species checklist. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 74, 165–196. https://doi.org/10.26107/RBZ-2026-0014
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