Crucella

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dendrochirotida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Holothuroidea Subclassis: Actinopoda Ordo: Dendrochirotida

Familia: Paracucumidae
Genus: Crucella
Species (3): C. hystrix – C. scotiae – C. susannae

Name

Crucella Gutt, 1990

Type species: Crucella hystrix Gutt, 1990, by original designation.

Synonymy

• Crucella Gutt, 1990; — O’Loughlin et al., 2014: 51; — Thandar, 2019: 363.
• Caespitugo Gutt, 1990: 101–102.
  • Type species: Caespitugo citriformis Gutt, 1990, by original designation.
  • Type species synonymised with Crucella scotiae (Vaney, 1906) by O’Loughlin, Manjón-Cabeza & Moya Ruiz (2009: 10).

References

• Gutt, J. 1990. New Antarctic holothurians (Echinodermata) – I. Five new species with four new genera of the order Dendrochirotida. Zoologica Scripta. 19(1): 101–107. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1990.tb00243.x Reference page. 
• O’Loughlin, P.M., Mackenzie M., Paulay, G. & VandenSpiegel, D. 2014. Four new species and a new genus of Antarctic sea cucumbers with taxonomic reviews of Cladodactyla, Pseudocnus, Paracucumidae and Parathyonidium (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 72: 31–61. DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2014.72.04 Reference page. 
• O’Loughlin, P.M., Manjón-Cabeza, M.E., Moya Ruiz, F. 2009. Antarctic holothuroids from the Bellingshausen Sea, with descriptions of new species (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea). Zootaxa. 2016(1): 1–16. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2016.1.1 Reference page. 
• Thandar, A.S. 2019. On some lesser known sea cucumbers in the Natural History Museum, UK (Echinodermata:Holothuroidea). Zootaxa 4688(3): 361–381. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4688.3.3 Reference page.