Phyllophoridae is a family of sea cucumbers, marine invertebrates with elongated bodies, leathery skins and feeding tentacles.

Members of the family are characterised by a complex ring of calcareous ossicles arranged in a tube, making a mosaic pattern.

The tentacles number ten to twenty-five.

Some members have spindle-shaped bodies whilst others are buried in the substrate and adopt a U-shaped form.

[2] The following genera are recognised in the family Phyllophoridae:[3]