Scotothuria

Hansen, 1978

1 species

Synallactidae with dendritic tentacles and with body surface surrounded by a continuous brim of partly fused podia. Calcareous deposits cross shaped with arms ending in a cluster of spines and with a central apophysis ending in a hood of downward bent hooks; spines otherwise arranged in regularly spaces rings along the length of the arms and apophysis. (Hansen, 1978)