genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
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
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Holothuriidae
Holothuriidae is a Family (biology), family of sea cucumbers, a type of echinoderm.
Description
Members of the family Holothuriidae have thick fleshy bodies and several rows of tube feet which are used for moving around and for adhering to the s ...
. They are among the largest, most common, and conspicuous sea cucumbers on coral reefs. They have large, loaf-like bodies that are often strikingly colored.
Species
, the
World Register of Marine Species
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Content
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recognizes 12 species in the genus ''Bohadschia'':
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Bohadschia argus
''Bohadschia argus'', the leopard sea cucumber, leopardfish, or tigerfish, is a species of sea cucumber in the family Holothuriidae. It is native to the tropical Western Indo-Pacific region.
Description
''Bohadschia argus'' has the same roughly ...
undescribed species
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are known:
* ''Bohadschia'' sp. 1 – Known from
Bali
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,
Okinawa Island
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, the
Philippines
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, and
Hawaii
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.
* ''Bohadschia'' sp. 2 – Known only from a single tissue sample from the
Red Sea
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; may be synonymous with '' Bohadschia steinitzi''.
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Bohadschia argus
''Bohadschia argus'', the leopard sea cucumber, leopardfish, or tigerfish, is a species of sea cucumber in the family Holothuriidae. It is native to the tropical Western Indo-Pacific region.
Description
''Bohadschia argus'' has the same roughly ...