Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Eleutherozoa
Superclassis: Cryptosyringida
Classis: Holothuroidea
Ordo: Synallactida
Familia: Stichopodidae
Genera: Apostichopus – Astichopus – Eostichopus – Isostichopus – Neostichopus – Parastichopus – Stichopus – Thelenota
Name
Stichopodidae Haeckel, 1896
Vernacular names
English: Stichopodidae
polski: Stichopodidae
The Stichopodidae are a family of sea cucumbers, part of the order Synallactida.[1]
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.[2]
A typical stichopodid (Stichopus herrmanni) — massive sea cucumber, angular in cross-section, with thick papillae looking like tubercles.
Genera
List of genera according to the World Register of Marine Species:
genus Apostichopus Liao, 1980 (8 species, North Pacific)
genus Astichopus Clark, 1922 (1 species, Caribbean)
genus Australostichopus Levin in Moraes et al., 2004 (1 species, New Zealand and southern Australia)
genus Eostichopus Cutress & Miller, 1982 (1 species, Caribbean)
genus Isostichopus 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 Brandt, 1835 (13 species, Indo-Pacific)
genus Thelenota Brandt, 1835 (3 species, Indo-Pacific)
References
Paulay, Gustav (2017). "Stichopodidae Haeckel, 1896". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
L.R.G. Cannon & H. Silver. "Family Stichopodidae". North Australian Sea Cucumbers. Marine Species Identification Portal. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
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