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Integrated Taxonomic Information System - Report
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Taxonomic Rank: | Species |
| Synonym(s): | Psolus chitinoides H. L. Clark, 1901 |
| Psolus californicus Fisher, 1905 | |
| Common Name(s): | creeping pedal sea cucumber [English] |
What is the common name for psolus chionoides?
Psolus chitonoides, also known as the slipper sea cucumber, the armoured sea cucumber, the creeping armoured sea cucumber or the creeping pedal sea cucumber, is a species of sea cucumber in the family Psolidae.
Is a sea cucumber a chiton?
The creeping pedal sea cucumber, Psolus chitonoides, is shaped like a cucumber with a flattened bottom, but it is far from a vegetable you'd eat with hummus. ... This “cuke's” spiny skin is covered with rows of overlapping plates, kind of like an armadillo or its armored molluscan namesake: the chiton.
