| Scotoplanes globosa | |
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| Scotoplanes globosa and symbiotic lithodid crab | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Holothuroidea |
| Order: | Elasipodida |
| Family: | Elpidiidae |
| Genus: | Scotoplanes |
| Species: | S. globosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Scotoplanes globosa (Théel, 1879)
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Scotoplanes globosa, commonly known as the sea pig, is a species of sea cucumber that lives in the deep sea.[1] It was first described by Hjalmar Théel, a Swedish scientist. Scotoplanes globosa, along with numerous other sea cucumbers were discovered by Théel during an expedition on HMS Challenger between the years of 1873-1876. Scotoplanes globosa was officially described in 1882, 6 to 9 years after its first sighting. Scotoplanes globosa is most closely related to the genus Peniagone.[2]
- ^ "Sea Pig - Scotoplanes globosa - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life". Eol.org. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
- ^ Takano, Tsuyoshi; Ijichi, Minoru; Itoh, Hajime; Fukuda, Hideki; Yoshizawa, Susumu (2018-11-26). "Complete mitochondrial genome sequences of a deep-sea holothurian species of the genus Scotoplanes (Elasipodida: Elpidiidae)". Mitochondrial DNA Part B. 4 (1): 112–113. doi:10.1080/23802359.2018.1536462. ISSN 2380-2359.