''Afrocucumis'' is a genus of
sea cucumbers
Sea cucumbers are echinoderms from the class Holothuroidea (). They are marine animals with a leathery skin and an elongated body containing a single, branched gonad. Sea cucumbers are found on the sea floor worldwide. The number of holothuria ...
found in coastal waters in tropical and temperate regions.
Characteristics
Like other members of the family Sclerodactylidae, members of the genus ''Afrocucumis'' are characterised by the complex ring of
ossicles
The ossicles (also called auditory ossicles) are three bones in either middle ear that are among the smallest bones in the human body. They serve to transmit sounds from the air to the fluid-filled labyrinth (cochlea). The absence of the auditory ...
they have near the anterior end. These may or may not take the form of a short tube, but are quite unlike the long tubes found in the
phyllophorids. The tentacles number ten to twenty.
Sclerodactylidae
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Species
*'' Afrocucumis africana'' (Semper, 1867)
*'' Afrocucumis ovulum'' (Selenka, 1867)
*'' Afrocucumis stracki'' Massin, 1996
References
External links
WoRMS taxon details: Afrocucumis Deichmann, 1944
Sclerodactylidae
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