The ecology and reproductive biology of Cherbonniera utriculus and Molpadia blakei from the N.E. Atlantic

• Published in: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
• Main Authors: Tyler, P. A., Billett, D. S. M., Gage, J. D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1987
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Norwegian Sea; Pawson; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400026680; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0025315400026680

The Molpadiida is an order of sea cucumbers identified by their stout body, the posterior region narrowing to simulate a tail and the absence of tubefeet. Typically they inhabit muddy environments from shallow water to abyssal depths. In the past the great variability in the taxonomic characters of...