''Apostichopus'' is a genus of
sea cucumber
Sea cucumbers are echinoderms from the class (biology), class Holothuroidea ( ). They are benthic marine animals found on the sea floor worldwide, and the number of known holothuroid species worldwide is about 1,786, with the greatest number be ...
s in the family
Stichopodidae
The Stichopodidae are a Family (biology), family of sea cucumbers, part of the order Synallactida.
Description
Members of this family are mostly large or medium-sized sea cucumber, holothuroids with an angular body shape (almost forming a squar ...
.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Apostichopus'':
* ''
Apostichopus californicus''
(Stimpson, 1857)
* ''
Apostichopus japonicus
''Apostichopus'' is a genus of sea cucumbers in the family Stichopodidae.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Apostichopus'':
* ''Apostichopus californicus'' (Stimpson, 1857)
* ''Apostichopus japonicus'' (Selenka, 1867)
* ...
''
(Selenka, 1867)
* ''
Apostichopus johnsoni''
(Théel, 1886)
* ''
Apostichopus leukothele''
(Lambert, 1986)
* ''
Apostichopus multidentis''
(Imaoka, 1991)
* ''
Apostichopus nigripunctatus''
(Augustin, 1908)
* ''
Apostichopus nipponensis''
(Imaoka, 1990)
* ''
Apostichopus parvimensis''
(Clark, 1913)
References
Taxonomy of Apostichopusin the ''
World Register of Marine Species
The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive catalogue and list of names of marine organisms.
Content
The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scien ...
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Stichopodidae
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