''Pseudostichopus'' 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 belonging to the monotypic family Pseudostichopodidae. The genus has a

cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus ''Pseudostichopus'': *'' Pseudostichopus aemulatus'' Solis-Marin & Billett in Solis-Marin et al., 2004 *'' Pseudostichopus echinatus'' Thandar, 1992 *'' Pseudostichopus elegans'' (Koehler & Vaney, 1905) *'' Pseudostichopus hyalegerus'' (Sluiter, 1901) *'' Pseudostichopus langeae'' Thandar, 2009 *'' Pseudostichopus mollis'' Théel, 1886 *'' Pseudostichopus occultatus'' Marenzeller von, 1893 *'' Pseudostichopus papillatus'' (D'yakonov, 1949) *'' Pseudostichopus peripatus'' (Sluiter, 1901) *'' Pseudostichopus profundi'' D'yakonov, 1949 *'' Pseudostichopus spiculiferus'' (O'Loughlin, 2002) *'' Pseudostichopus tuberosus'' O'Loughlin & Ahearn, 2005

References

Persiculida Holothuroidea genera {{Holothuroidea-stub