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  5. ›Actinopoda
  6. ›Filtering sea cucumbers
  7. ›Placothuriidae
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Placothuria

Placothuria is a genus of sea cucumbers belonging to the monotypic family Placothuriidae.

The species of this genus are found in Australia and New Zealand.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Placothuria huttoni

speciesPlacothuria huttoni

Placothuria squamata

speciesPlacothuria squamata

Placothuria molpadioides

speciesPlacothuria molpadioides

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1161520.