| Psolus phantapus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Holothuroidea |
| Order: | Dendrochirotida |
| Family: | Psolidae |
| Genus: | Psolus |
| Species: | P. phantapus |
| Binomial name | |
| Psolus phantapus Strussenfelt, 1765 [1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Psolus phantapus, also known as the brown psolus, is a species of sea cucumber in the family Psolidae. [2]
Psolus phantapus have cylindrically body arched at both ends to form a U shape. [3] They grow up to 200 mm in length. They have a rectangular ventral sole at the base where tube feet concentrate. [4] Their colour range from yellowish brown to dark brown and black.
Psolus phantapus are epifaunal and use the ventral sole to attach themselves. They are found at 4-500 m depth.
They are deposit feeders. They have ten bushy orange tentacles [5] that collect food from water.
They reproduce sexually. Breeding season is February-march. [2]
They are found in Arctic and Atlantic ocean. [6]
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