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Family: Cucumariidae



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Abyssocucumis abyssorum
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Abyssocucumis albatrossi
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Actinocucumis chinensis
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Actinocucumis typica
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Actinocumis typicus
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Afrocucumis africana
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Amphicyclus mortenseni
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Aslia forbesi
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Aslia lefevrei
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Max. Length 4 cm TL
 
Aslia spyridophora
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Max. Length 2.3 cm TL
 
Caespitugo citriformis
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Cercodemas anceps
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Max. Length 10 cm TL
 
Cladodactyla crocea
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Cladodactyla senegalensis
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Colochirus crassus
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Colochirus quadrangularis
[Thorny sea cucumber]
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Colochirus robustus
[Yellow cucumber]
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Max. Length 9.5 cm TL
 
Cucamba psolidiformis
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Cucumaria acuta
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Cucumaria alcocki
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Max. Length 9.5 cm TL
 
Cucumaria anivaensis
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Cucumaria bacilliformis
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Cucumaria brunnea
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Cucumaria calcigera
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Cucumaria californica
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Cucumaria chronhjelmi
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Max. Length 10 cm TL
 
Cucumaria conicospermum
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Cucumaria crax
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Cucumaria crucigera
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Cucumaria curata
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Cucumaria djakonovi
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Cucumaria dudexa
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Cucumaria fallax
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Cucumaria fisheri
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Max. Length 15 cm TL
 
Cucumaria flamma
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Max. Length 13 cm TL
 
Cucumaria frauenfeldi
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FAO

Northern Atlantic and the
Max. Length 50 cm TL
Cucumaria frondosa(Gunnerus, 1770)

Photo by FAO
 
Cucumaria frondosa
[Orange-footed sea cucumber]
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Cucumaria georgiana
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Max. Length 10 cm TL
 
Cucumaria grubei
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Cucumaria ijimai
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Cucumaria improvisa
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Cucumaria insolens
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FAO

Northwest Pacific.
Max. Length 40 cm TL
Cucumaria japonicaSemper, 1868

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Cucumaria japonica
[Japanese cucumaria]
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Cucumaria lactea
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Cucumaria laevigata
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Cucumaria lamberti
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Cucumaria lamperti
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Cucumaria levini
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Cucumaria lubrica
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Cucumaria manoelina
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Max. Length 25 cm TL
 
Cucumaria miniata
[Orange sea cucumber]
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Cucumaria normani
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Max. Length 19 cm TL
 
Cucumaria okhotensis
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Max. Length 26 cm TL
 
Cucumaria pallida
[Pale sea cucumber]
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Cucumaria paraglacialis
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Max. Length 6 cm TL
 
Cucumaria piperata
[Salt and pepper sea cucumber]
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Cucumaria planci
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Cucumaria pseudocurata
[Tar spot sea cucumber]
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Cucumaria pulcherrima
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Cucumaria salma
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Cucumaria savelijevae
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Cucumaria saxicola
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Cucumaria serrata
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Cucumaria sinorbis
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Cucumaria sykion
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Max. Length 7 cm TL
 
Cucumaria syracusana
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Cucumaria tergestina
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Max. Length 11 cm TL
 
Cucumaria tetracentriophora
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Cucumaria vaneyi
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Cucumaria vegae
[Tiny black sea cucumber]
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Cucumaria webbi
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Max. Length 1.8 cm TL
 
Cucumella indonesia
[]
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Max. Length 2 cm TL
 
Cucumella triplex
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Duasmodactyla commune
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Max. Length 2.6 cm TL
 
Duasmodactyla turriculacava
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Echinocucumis hispida
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Max. Length 0.6 cm TL
 
Echinocucumis kirrilyae
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Echinocucumis tenera
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Echinopsolus onekotanensis
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Echinopsolus sanamyanorum
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Ekmocucumis denticulata
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Ekmocucumis steineni
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Euthyonacta solida
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Hemioedema goreensis
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Hemioedema gruveli
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Heterocucumis denticulata
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Heterocucumis georgiana
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Heterocucumis godeffroyi
[Wedging sea cucumber]

Arntz, Wolf E.

Antarctic and Southwest A

Heterocucumis steineni(Ludwig, 1898)

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.
 
Heterocucumis steineni
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Leptopentacta grisea
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Leptopentacta imbricata
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Leptopentacta punctabipeda
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Leptopentacta pygmaea
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Max. Length 7.6 cm TL
 
Leptopentacta tergestina
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Max. Length 9.7 cm TL
 
Loisettea amphictena
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Mensamaria intercedens
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Arntz, Wolf E.

Antarctic Atlantic
Max. Length 4 cm TL
Microchoerus splendidusGutt, 1990

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.
 
Microchoerus splendidus
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Max. Length 0.6 cm TL
 
Neocnus incubans
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Neocucumella bicolumnata
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Ocnus brunneus
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Miller, Todd

Arctic and Northeast Atla

Ocnus glacialis(Ljungman, 1879)

Photo by Miller, Todd
 
Ocnus glacialis
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Ocnus grubei
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Max. Length 27 cm TL
 
Ocnus koellikeri
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Ocnus lacteus
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Ocnus petiti
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Coudre, Christian

Atlantic and the Mediterr

Ocnus planci(Brandt, 1835)

Photo by Coudre, Christian
 
Ocnus planci
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Ocnus pygmaeus
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Max. Length 1.1 cm TL
 
Ocnus sacculus
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Ocnus surinamensis
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Ocnus suspectus
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Ocnus syracusanus
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Panningia bispicula
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Panningia hyndmani
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Panningia hyndmanni
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Max. Length 8.5 cm TL
 
Panningia mauritanica
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Max. Length 3.6 cm TL
 
Paracucumaria capense
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Max. Length 5 cm TL
 
Paracucumaria hyndmanni
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Tiralongo, Francesco

Northeast Atlantic and th
Max. Length 15 cm TL
Paraleptopentacta elongata(Düben & Koren, 1846)

Photo by Tiralongo, Francesco
 
Paraleptopentacta elongata
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Parathyone surinamensis
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Pawsonellus africanus
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Pawsonia saxicola
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Pentacta anceps
[Pink cucumber]
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Pentacta inornatus
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Pentacta peterseni
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Pentacta pygmaea
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Pentacta quadrangularis
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Max. Length 3.3 cm TL
 
Pentacta tessellara
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Plesiocolochirus armatus
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Plesiocolochirus australis
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Plesiocolochirus dispar
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Max. Length 5 cm TL
 
Plesiocolochirus ignavus
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Plesiocolochirus inornatus
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Pseudocnella sykion
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Pseudocnella syracusana
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Pseudocnus californicus
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Pseudocnus cornutus
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Pseudocnus dubiosus
[Dubious sea cucumber]
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Pseudocnus echinatus
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Max. Length 8 cm TL
 
Pseudocnus intermedia
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Pseudocnus kollikeri
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Pseudocnus laevigatus
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Pseudocnus leoninoides
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Max. Length 5 cm TL
 
Pseudocnus lubricus
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Pseudocnus marionensis
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Pseudocnus pawsoni
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Pseudocnus perrieri
[Perrier's sea cucumber]
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Max. Length 2.7 cm TL
 
Pseudocnus sentus
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Pseudocnus syracusanus
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Pseudocolochirus mysticus
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Malaer, Piero

Western Central Pacific O

Pseudocolochirus violaceus(Théel, 1886)

Photo by Malaer, Piero
 
Pseudocolochirus violaceus
[Sea apple]
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Pseudothyone belli
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Pseudothyone raphanus
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Psolicrux coatsi
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Psolicrux iuvenilesi
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Max. Length 1.7 cm TL
 
Psolidiella hickmani
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Max. Length 2.7 cm TL
 
Psolidiella maculosa
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Max. Length 3.6 cm TL
 
Psolidiella nigra
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Max. Length 1.7 cm TL
 
Psolidocnus amokurae
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Max. Length 1.3 cm TL
 
Psolidocnus farquhari
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Max. Length 1.7 cm TL
 
Psolidocnus sacculus
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Max. Length 9.5 cm TL
 
Roweia stephensoni
[Stephenson's sea cucumber]

O'Keefe, Jo

Western Atlantic

Sclerodactyla briareusunspecified

Photo by O'Keefe, Jo
 
Sclerodactyla briareus
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Sclerodactyla multipes
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Sphaerothuria bitentaculata
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Sphaerothuria talismani
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Max. Length 5.5 cm TL
 
Squamocnus brevidentis
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Max. Length 2 cm TL
 
Squamocnus luteus
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Max. Length 2.8 cm TL
 
Squamocnus niveus
[]

Arntz, Wolf E.

Antarctic.

Staurocucumis liouvillei(Vaney, 1914)

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.
 
Staurocucumis liouvillei
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Staurocucumis nocturna
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Staurocucumis turqueti
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Staurothyrone rosacea
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Stereoderma incerta
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Max. Length 1.1 cm TL
 
Stereoderma kirchsbergii
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Stereoderma parassimilis
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Stereoderma unisemita
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O'Keefe, Jo

Western Atlantic

Thyonella gemmata(Pourtalès, 1851)

Photo by O'Keefe, Jo
 
Thyonella gemmata
[Green sea cucumber]
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Thyonella pervicax
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Thyonella sabanillaensis
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Thyonella surinamensis
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Thyonidium cylindricum
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Thyonidium diomedaea
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Thyonidium drummondii
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Thyonidium pellucidum
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Trachasina crucifera
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Max. Length 1.4 cm TL
 
Trachycucumis plettenbergi
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Max. Length 11 cm TL
 
Trachythyone baja
[]
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Trachythyone bouvetensis
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Trachythyone crassipeda
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Max. Length 6 cm TL
 
Trachythyone cynthiae
[]
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Trachythyone fallax
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Trachythyone lechleri
[]
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Max. Length 6 cm TL
 
Trachythyone mackenzieae
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Trachythyone macphersonae
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Trachythyone mira
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Trachythyone muricata
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Max. Length 1.8 cm TL
 
Trachythyone parva
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