Definition of Elasipoda. Meaning of Elasipoda. Synonyms of Elasipoda

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Definition of Elasipoda

Elasipoda
Elasipoda El`a*sip"o*da, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? metal beaten out, metal plate + -poda.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of holothurians mostly found in the deep sea. They are remarkable for their bilateral symmetry and curious forms. [Written also Elasmopoda.]

Meaning of Elasipoda from wikipedia

- V. Gebruk (1983). "Protelpidia, a new genus of abyssal holothurians (Elasipoda, Elpidiidae)". Zoologicheskii Zhurnal. 62 (7): 1038–1043. ISSN 0044-5134...
- that the taxon is polyphyletic, with Deimatidae separated from all other Elasipoda families. "In the psychropotid species the ovary is a large thick-walled...