Psychropotes longicauda

Psychropotes longicauda
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Holothuroidea
Order:	Elasipodida
Family:	Psychropotidae
Genus:	Psychropotes
Species:	P. longicauda
Binomial name
	Psychropotes longicauda; Théel, 1882
Synonyms
	List Euphronides dyscrita Clark, 1920; Nectothuria translucida Belyaev & Vinograd, 1969; P. brucei Vaney, 1908; P. buglossa Perrier E., 1886; P. dubiosa Ludwig, 1893; P. fucata Perrier, 1896; P. furcata Perrier, 1896; P. grimaldii Hérouard, 1896; P. laticauda Vaney, 1908; P. longicauda var. antarctica Vaney, 1908; P. longicauda var. fusco-purpurea Théel, 1882; P. longicauda var. monstrosa Théel, 1882; P. raripes Ludwig, 1893;

Psychropotes longicauda is a species of sea cucumber in the family Psychropotidae. It inhabits the deep sea where the adult is found on the seabed. The larva is pelagic and has an appendage shaped like a sail on its back which may enable it to move through the water.

The animal is sometimes called the "gummy squirrel" because it looks like a squirrel-shaped gummy bear.