See text Elpidia is a genus of deep-sea sea cucumbers.

Members are characterised by their rod-shaped spicules which each have two pairs of obliquely placed horizontal arms and two vertical apophyses.

[1] There is a high degree of endemism in this genus with different species occupying different deep sea basins or regions.

[2] The following species are recognised in the genus Elpidia:[1]

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