''Thelenota'' is a genus of

sea cucumber Sea cucumbers are echinoderms from the class (biology), class Holothuroidea ( ). They are benthic marine animals found on the sea floor worldwide, and the number of known holothuroid species worldwide is about 1,786, with the greatest number be ...

in the family

Stichopodidae The Stichopodidae are a Family (biology), family of sea cucumbers, part of the order Synallactida. Description Members of this family are mostly large or medium-sized sea cucumber, holothuroids with an angular body shape (almost forming a squar ...

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 numerous aligned podia. The tegument is thick, and covered with thick papillae and other tubercles. The oral tentacles are peltate, helping to collect the sediment to ingest.

Species

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Thelenota ananas ''Thelenota ananas'', also known as pineapple sea cucumber, oloturia ananas, tripang, prickly skin cucumber, pointed teat sea cucumber, armoured sea cucumber, giant sea cucumber, sand fish or prickly redfish, is a species of Holothuroidea, sea c ...

'' Jaeger, 1833 – Pineapple sea cucumber * '' Thelenota anax'' Clark, 1921 – Giant sea cucumber * '' Thelenota rubralineata'' Massin & Lane, 1991 – Red-lined sea cucumber File:Thelenota ananas at Umm Kararim.JPG, ''

'' File:Thelenota anax.jpg, '' Thelenota anax'' File:Thelenota Rubralinata, Bunaken Island.jpg, '' Thelenota rubralineata''

References

Stichopodidae Holothuroidea genera Taxa named by Johann Friedrich von Brandt {{Holothuroidea-stub