Phyllophorus (Phyllothuria)

Heding & Panning, 1954

5 species

Medium sized dendrochirote holothurians with 20 tentacles in two circles (15+5); The podia are spread over the whole body, the ventral side has more than the dorsal. The calcareous ring has compact interradalia and is composed of radalia and forked tails. The parts of the radalia are large and are in correspondingly small numbers. The calcareous body towers have high attachments and more transverse ridges. (Heding & Panning, 1954)