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: Thelenota
Species (3): T. ananas – T. anax – T. rubralineata
Name
Thelenota Brandt, 1835
Type species: Trepang ananas Jaeger, 1833, by subsequent designation.
References
Primary references
Brandt, J.F. 1835. Echinodermata ordo Holothurina. pp. 42-62 In: Prodromus Descriptionis Animalium ab H. Mertensio in Orbis Terrarum Circumnavigatione Observatorum. Fascic. I. Graeff: Petropoli. 75 pp.
Links
Thelenota in the World Register of Marine Species
Thelenota is a genus of sea cucumber in the family Stichopodidae.[1][2]
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
Thelenota ananas Jaeger, 1833 – Pineapple sea cucumber
Thelenota anax Clark, 1921 – Giant sea cucumber
Thelenota rubralineata Massin & Lane, 1991 – Red-lined sea cucumber
References
WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Thelenota Brandt, 1835
Thelenota - Information on Thelenota - Encyclopedia of Life
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