# Psychropotes

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{{Short description|Genus of sea cucumbers}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Psychropotes sp. Maro crater.jpg
| image_caption = ''Psychropotes'' sp.
| taxon = Psychropotes
| authority = [Théel](/source/Johan_Hjalmar_Th%C3%A9el), 1882<ref>Théel H. (1882). "Report on the Holothuroidea dredged by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76. Part i." ''Challenger Reports'', Zool. iv: 176 pp.</ref>
| synonyms = 
* ''Euphronides'' <small>Théel, 1882</small>
* ''Nectothuria'' <small>Belyaev & Vinogradov, 1969</small>
* ''Triconus'' <small>Hérouard, 1909</small> 
}}

'''''Psychropotes''''' is a genus of sea cucumbers in the family Psychropotidae. The members of this genus possess the ability to swim, although this is only facultative.

==Description==
As adults, species of ''Psychropotes'' are roughly cylindrical in shape and red to violet in colour. They have a sail-like appendage which can be used for swimming during the larval stage, but is no longer needed when it is fully grown. Larvae of ''Psychropotes'' species are [benthopelagic](/source/benthopelagic) and swim around using the aforementioned appendage, however researchers are still trying to understand its use when the holothurian is fully grown. Larvae are transparent and can grow to around 2&nbsp;cm long.

==Species==
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Psychropotes'':<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123532 |title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Psychropotes Théel, 1882 |website=www.marinespecies.org |access-date=17 July 2021}}</ref>

* ''[Psychropotes belyaevi](/source/Psychropotes_belyaevi)'' <small>Hansen, 1975</small>
* ''[Psychropotes depressa](/source/Psychropotes_depressa)'' <small>(Théel, 1882)</small>
* ''[Psychropotes dubiosa](/source/Psychropotes_dubiosa)'' <small>Ludwig, 1893</small>
* ''[Psychropotes dyscrita](/source/Psychropotes_dyscrita)'' <small>(Clark, 1920)</small>
* ''[Psychropotes fuscopurpurea](/source/Psychropotes_fuscopurpurea)'' <small>Théel, 1882</small>
* ''[Psychropotes hyalinus](/source/Psychropotes_hyalinus)'' <small>Pawson, 1985</small>
* ''[Psychropotes longicauda](/source/Psychropotes_longicauda)'' <small>Théel, 1882</small>
* ''[Psychropotes loveni](/source/Psychropotes_loveni)'' <small>Théel, 1882</small>
* ''[Psychropotes minuta](/source/Psychropotes_minuta)'' <small>(Koehler & Vaney, 1905)</small>
* ''[Psychropotes mirabilis](/source/Psychropotes_mirabilis)'' <small>Hansen, 1975</small>
* ''[Psychropotes monstrosa](/source/Psychropotes_monstrosa)'' <small>Théel, 1882</small>
* ''[Psychropotes moskalevi](/source/Psychropotes_moskalevi)'' <small>Gebruk & Kremenetskaia in Gebruk et al., 2020</small>
* ''[Psychropotes pawsoni](/source/Psychropotes_pawsoni)'' <small>Gebruk & Kremenetskaia in Gebruk et al., 2020</small>
* ''[Psychropotes raripes](/source/Psychropotes_raripes)'' <small>Ludwig, 1893</small>
* ''[Psychropotes scotiae](/source/Psychropotes_scotiae)'' <small>(Vaney, 1908)</small>
* ''[Psychropotes semperiana](/source/Psychropotes_semperiana)'' <small>Théel, 1882</small>
* ''[Psychropotes verrucicaudatus](/source/Psychropotes_verrucicaudatus)'' <small>Xiao, Gong, Kou & Li, 2019</small>
* ''[Psychropotes verrucosa](/source/Psychropotes_verrucosa)'' <small>(Ludwig, 1894)</small>
* ''[Psychropotes xenochromata](/source/Psychropotes_xenochromata)'' <small>Rogacheva & Billett, 2009</small>

==References==
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Category:Sea cucumber genera
Category:Psychropotidae
Category:Taxa named by Johan Hjalmar Théel

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