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Prior to this study, this genus contained 20 accepted species and was prominent representatives in the deep-sea benthic fauna at lower bathyal-abyssal depths throughout the global oceans, but it has been poorly studied in the hadal zone. Deep-sea holothuroids were collected in October 2022 to March 2023 by the joint China-New Zealand deep-diving scientific expedition to the Kermadec Trench in the South Pacific Ocean and the Wallaby-Zenith Fracture Zone in the East Indian Ocean at a depth of 6,018–6,605 m. Our examination of specimens of <i>Psychropotes</i> revealed three new species, which we described as <i>Psychropotes diutiuscauda</i> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <i>Psychropotes nigrimargaria</i> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, and <i>Psychropotes asperatus</i> <strong>sp. nov.</strong> We also recorded <i>Psychropotes depressa</i> (Théel, 1882) for the first time from the Kermadec Arc at a depth of 1,620 m. 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