''Apostichopus'' is a genus of
sea cucumber
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 ...
s in the family
Stichopodidae
The Stichopodidae are a family of sea cucumbers, part of the order Synallactida.
Description
Members of this family are mostly large or medium-sized holothuroids with a squarish cross-section, a flat ventral surface, and large, fleshy, cone-s ...
.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Apostichopus'':
* ''
Apostichopus californicus''
(Stimpson, 1857)
* ''
Apostichopus japonicus
''Apostichopus japonicus'' is a species of sea cucumber in the family Stichopodidae. It is found in shallow temperate waters along the coasts of south east Asia and is commonly known as the Japanese spiky sea cucumber or the Japanese sea cucumber ...
''
(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 list of names of marine organisms.
Content
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Stichopodidae
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