''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'':
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Pseudostichopus aemulatus
''Pseudostichopus'' is a genus of sea cucumbers 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 acr ...
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Solis-Marin & Billett in Solis-Marin et al., 2004
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Pseudostichopus echinatus''
Thandar, 1992
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Pseudostichopus elegans''
(Koehler & Vaney, 1905)
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Pseudostichopus hyalegerus''
(Sluiter, 1901)
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Pseudostichopus langeae''
Thandar, 2009
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Pseudostichopus mollis''
Théel, 1886
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Pseudostichopus occultatus''
Marenzeller von, 1893
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Pseudostichopus papillatus''
(D'yakonov, 1949)
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Pseudostichopus peripatus''
(Sluiter, 1901)
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Pseudostichopus profundi''
D'yakonov, 1949
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Pseudostichopus spiculiferus''
(O'Loughlin, 2002)
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Pseudostichopus tuberosus''
O'Loughlin & Ahearn, 2005
References
Persiculida
Holothuroidea genera
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