Ypsilothuriidae Heding, 1942

Mackenzie, Melanie, Davey, Niki, Burghardt, Ingo & Haines, Margaret L., 2024, A report of sea cucumbers collected on the first dedicated deep-sea biological survey of Australia’s Indian Ocean Territories around Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea), Memoirs of Museum Victoria (Mem. Mus. Vic.) 83, pp. 207-316 : 210

Family Ypsilothuriidae Heding, 1942

Diagnosis. (see Heding, 1942)

Remarks. Previously found in the deep sea off the south and northeastern and northwest coasts of Australia, this family comprises U-shaped burrowing species with a covering of spired ossicles. Of the three currently accepted genera, two ( Echinocucumis and Ypsilothuria ) were previously recorded for Australia.