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Arctic Armored Cucumber
Psolus phantapus
Psolus phantapus, also known as the brown psolus, is a species of sea cucumber in the family Psolidae.
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Description
Psolus phantapus have cylindrically body arched at both ends to form a U shape. They grow up to 200 mm in length. They have a rectangular ventral sole at the base where tube feet concentrate. Their colour range from yellowish brown to dark brown and black.
Range & habitat
Psolus phantapus are epifaunal and use the ventral sole to attach themselves. They are found at 4-500 m depth.
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
What it does
They are deposit feeders. They have ten bushy orange tentacles that collect food from water.
Wikipedia: “Diet”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 447325.