The Stichopodidae are a

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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 holothu ...

s, 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-shaped projections. Their mouths are surrounded by 20 peltate tentacles. They are usually found on soft substrates, such as sand or rubble.

Genera

List of genera according to the

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Apostichopus ''Apostichopus'' is a genus of sea cucumbers in the family Stichopodidae. Species The following species are recognised in the genus ''Apostichopus'': * '' Apostichopus californicus'' (Stimpson, 1857) * ''Apostichopus japonicus'' (Selenka, 1867) ...

'' Liao, 1980 (8 species, North Pacific) * genus ''

Astichopus ''Astichopus'' is a monotypic genus of sea cucumbers, the only species in the genus being ''Astichopus multifidus''. It is commonly known as the furry sea cucumber or the fissured sea cucumber and is native to the Caribbean Sea. Description ' ...

'' Clark, 1922 (1 species, Caribbean) * genus ''

Australostichopus ''Australostichopus'' is a genus of sea cucumbers in the family Stichopodidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species ''Australostichopus mollis'',Moraes,G., Norhcote, P.C., Kalinin,V.I. ,Avilov, S.A., Silchenko,A.S., Dmitren ...

'' Levin in Moraes et al., 2004 (1 species, New Zealand and southern Australia) * genus ''

Eostichopus ''Eostichopus'' is a genus of sea cucumbers belonging to the family Stichopodidae. It is monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that ...

'' Cutress & Miller, 1982 (1 species, Caribbean) * genus ''

Isostichopus ''Isostichopus'' is a genus of sea cucumbers. List of species * ''Isostichopus badionotus'' (Selenka, 1867) (warm Atlantic) * ''Isostichopus fuscus'' (Ludwig, 1875) (tropical east Pacific Ocean) * '' Isostichopus macroparentheses'' (Clark, 192 ...

'' Deichmann, 1958 (3 species, warm East Pacific and Atlantic) * genus '' Neostichopus'' Deichmann, 1948 (1 species, South Africa) * genus '' Parastichopus'' Clark, 1922 (2 species, Atlantic and North Pacific) * genus ''

Stichopus ''Stichopus'' is a genus of sea cucumbers from the family Stichopodidae. Description and characteristics Sources disagree about how many species should be classified in the genus. By 1922 there were about 20 described.James, D. B. (1998)On a li ...

'' Brandt, 1835 (13 species, Indo-Pacific) * genus ''

Thelenota ''Thelenota'' is a genus of sea cucumber in the family Stichopodidae. Description and characteristics They are massive sea cucumbers, more or less rectangular in cross-section. The oral face (called ''trivium'') is flat, and covered with numer ...

'' Brandt, 1835 (3 species, Indo-Pacific) Image:Parastichopus californicus.jpg, ''

Apostichopus californicus The California sea cucumber (''Apostichopus californicus''), also known as the giant California sea cucumber, is a sea cucumber that can be found from the Gulf of Alaska to Baja California. It is found from the low intertidal zone to a depth of . ...

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Astichopus multifidus ''Astichopus'' is a monotypic genus of sea cucumbers, the only species in the genus being ''Astichopus multifidus''. It is commonly known as the furry sea cucumber or the fissured sea cucumber and is native to the Caribbean Sea. Description ' ...

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Australostichopus mollis ''Australostichopus'' is a genus of sea cucumbers in the family Stichopodidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species ''Australostichopus mollis'',Moraes,G., Norhcote, P.C., Kalinin,V.I. ,Avilov, S.A., Silchenko,A.S., Dmitren ...

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Isostichopus badionotus ''Isostichopus badionotus'', also known as the chocolate chip cucumber or the cookie dough sea cucumber, is a species of sea cucumber in the family Stichopodidae. This common species is found in warm parts of the Atlantic Ocean. Description Th ...

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Parastichopus regalis ''Parastichopus regalis'', also known as the royal sea cucumber, is a species of sea cucumber in the family Stichopodidae. Description ''Parastichopus regalis'' grows to a length of about . The body is soft and somewhat flattened, and a clearly ...

'' Image:Stichopus chloronotus Réunion.jpg, ''

Stichopus chloronotus ''Stichopus chloronotus'' is a species of sea cucumber. Common names include the greenfish sea cucumber, the spiky sea cucumber and the black knobby sea cucumber. It is native to the Indo-Pacific region. It has a wide range and is abundant and t ...

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Isostichopus fuscus ''Isostichopus fuscus'', commonly known as the brown sea cucumber, is a species of sea cucumber in the family Stichopodidae native to the eastern Pacific. It was first described to science by German biologist Hubert Ludwig in 1875. It has a thi ...

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Stichopus herrmanni ''Stichopus herrmanni'', or Herrmann's sea cucumber, is a species of holothuroidean echinoderm in the family Stichopodidae. It is found in the tropical, western Indo-Pacific Ocean, at depths down to . This and several other species are known as c ...

'' Image:Stichopus monotuberculatus Réunion.jpg, ''

Stichopus monotuberculatus ''Stichopus monotuberculatus'' is a species of sea cucumber 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 ho ...

'' Image:Thelenota ananas1.jpg, '' Thelenota ananas'' Image:Thelenota anax.jpg, '' Thelenota anax''

References

Echinoderm families Taxa named by Ernst Haeckel {{Holothuroidea-stub