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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Eleutherozoa
Superclassis: Cryptosyringida
Classis: Holothuroidea
Ordo: Synallactida

Familia: Stichopodidae
Genus: Apostichopus
Species (8): A. californicus – A. japonicus – A. johnsoni – A. leukothele – A. multidentis – A. nigripunctatus – A. nipponensis – A. parvimensis
Name

Apostichopus Liao, 1980

Type species: Stichopus japonicus Selenka, 1867, by original designation.
References
Links

Apostichopus in the World Register of Marine Species
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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)
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 Apostichopus in the World Register of Marine Species

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Biology Encyclopedia

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