Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Abyssocucumis abyssorum		Antarctic and Atlantic		1886
Abyssocucumis albatrossi		Antarctic and Atlantic		1947
Actinocucumis chinensis		Western Pacific		2001
Actinocucumis typica		Indo-West Pacific.		1875
Actinocumis typicus		Northwest Pacific		1875
Afrocucumis africana		Northwest Pacific		1868
Amphicyclus mortenseni		Western Indian Ocean		1954
Aslia forbesi		To be filled.
Aslia lefevrei		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1882
Aslia spyridophora		To be filled.	4 TL
Caespitugo citriformis		Antarctic Atlantic	2.3 TL	1990
Cercodemas anceps		Indo-West Pacific		1867
Cladodactyla crocea		Antarctica, Sub-Antarctic	10 TL
Cladodactyla senegalensis		To be filled.		1940
Colochirus crassus		Indo-West Pacific		1918
Colochirus quadrangularis	Thorny sea cucumber	Indo-West Pacific.		1846
Colochirus robustus	Yellow cucumber	Northwest Pacific		1898
Cucamba psolidiformis		Antarctic Atlantic	9.5 TL	1908
Cucumaria acuta		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1992
Cucumaria alcocki		To be filled.		1908
Cucumaria anivaensis		To be filled.	9.5 TL	2004
Cucumaria bacilliformis		To be filled.		1908
Cucumaria brunnea		To be filled.
Cucumaria calcigera		Arctic, Northeast Pacific
Cucumaria californica		Arctic, Northeast Pacific
Cucumaria chronhjelmi		Arctic, Northeast Pacific
Cucumaria conicospermum		To be filled.	10 TL	2002
Cucumaria crax		To be filled.
Cucumaria crucigera		To be filled.
Cucumaria curata		To be filled.		1907
Cucumaria djakonovi		To be filled.		1980
Cucumaria dudexa		Antarctic Atlantic		2009
Cucumaria fallax		Antarctic Atlantic		1894
Cucumaria fisheri		Antarctic Atlantic		1924
Cucumaria flamma		Eastern Pacific.	15 TL	1999
Cucumaria frauenfeldi		To be filled.	13 TL	1882
Cucumaria frondosa	Orange-footed sea cucumber	Northern Atlantic and the	50 TL	1770
Cucumaria georgiana		Arctic and Antarctic		1886
Cucumaria grubei		To be filled.	10 TL	1874
Cucumaria ijimai		To be filled.
Cucumaria improvisa		To be filled.		1875
Cucumaria insolens		To be filled.		1886
Cucumaria japonica	Japanese cucumaria	Northwest Pacific.	40 TL	1868
Cucumaria lactea		Northwest Pacific.
Cucumaria laevigata		To be filled.
Cucumaria lamberti		To be filled.		1998
Cucumaria lamperti		To be filled.
Cucumaria levini		To be filled.		2002
Cucumaria lubrica		Eastern Central Pacific		1901
Cucumaria manoelina		To be filled.		1971
Cucumaria miniata	Orange sea cucumber	Eastern Pacific	25 TL	1835
Cucumaria normani		Eastern Pacific
Cucumaria okhotensis		To be filled.	19 TL	2003
Cucumaria pallida	Pale sea cucumber	Eastern Pacific	26 TL	1995
Cucumaria paraglacialis		To be filled.		1995
Cucumaria piperata	Salt and pepper sea cucumber	Eastern Pacific	6 TL	1864
Cucumaria planci		Eastern Pacific
Cucumaria pseudocurata	Tar spot sea cucumber	Eastern Pacific		1938
Cucumaria pulcherrima		Western Atlantic		1854
Cucumaria salma		Western Atlantic
Cucumaria savelijevae		To be filled.		1980
Cucumaria saxicola		To be filled.		1871
Cucumaria serrata		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1896
Cucumaria sinorbis		To be filled.		1952
Cucumaria sykion		To be filled.		1885
Cucumaria syracusana		To be filled.	7 TL	1840
Cucumaria tergestina		Mediterranean		1857
Cucumaria tetracentriophora		To be filled.	11 TL	1938
Cucumaria vaneyi		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1949
Cucumaria vegae	Tiny black sea cucumber	Eastern Pacific		1886
Cucumaria webbi		To be filled.		1977
Cucumella indonesia		To be filled.	1.8 TL	1987
Cucumella triplex		To be filled.	2 TL	1935
Duasmodactyla commune		To be filled.		1853
Duasmodactyla turriculacava		To be filled.	2.6 TL	1987
Echinocucumis hispida		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1857
Echinocucumis kirrilyae		Antarctic Indian Ocean	0.6 TL	2009
Echinocucumis tenera		To be filled.		1958
Echinopsolus onekotanensis		To be filled.		2020
Echinopsolus sanamyanorum		To be filled.		2020
Ekmocucumis denticulata		Antarctic Atlantic		1927
Ekmocucumis steineni		Antarctic
Euthyonacta solida		Western Atlantic
Hemioedema goreensis		To be filled.		1949
Hemioedema gruveli		To be filled.		1929
Heterocucumis denticulata		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1927
Heterocucumis georgiana		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1886
Heterocucumis godeffroyi	Wedging sea cucumber	Southeast Pacific and Ant		1867
Heterocucumis steineni		Antarctic and Southwest A		1898
Leptopentacta grisea		Antarctic and Southwest A		1938
Leptopentacta imbricata		Indo-West Pacific.		1868
Leptopentacta punctabipeda		Northwest Pacific		1960
Leptopentacta pygmaea		Western Central Pacific		1868
Leptopentacta tergestina		Atlantic and the Mediterr	7.6 TL	1857
Loisettea amphictena		Eastern Indian Ocean	9.7 TL	1985
Mensamaria intercedens		Indo-West Pacific		1885
Microchoerus splendidus		Antarctic Atlantic	4 TL	1990
Neocnus incubans		Mediterranean Sea.	0.6 TL	1972
Neocucumella bicolumnata		To be filled.		1907
Ocnus brunneus		Northeast Atlantic		1840
Ocnus glacialis		Arctic and Northeast Atla		1879
Ocnus grubei		Mediterranean Sea.		1874
Ocnus koellikeri		Atlantic and the Mediterr	27 TL	1868
Ocnus lacteus		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1839
Ocnus petiti		Mediterranean Sea.		1958
Ocnus planci		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1835
Ocnus pygmaeus		Western Atlantic
Ocnus sacculus		To be filled.	1.1 TL	1983
Ocnus surinamensis		Central Atlantic.		1868
Ocnus suspectus		Western Central Atlantic		1875
Ocnus syracusanus		Mediterranean.		1840
Panningia bispicula		To be filled.		1964
Panningia hyndmani		To be filled.		1840
Panningia hyndmanni		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1840
Panningia mauritanica		To be filled.	8.5 TL	1929
Paracucumaria capense		Southeast Atlantic	3.6 TL	1998
Paracucumaria hyndmanni		To be filled.	5 TL	1840
Paraleptopentacta elongata		Northeast Atlantic and th	15 TL	1846
Parathyone surinamensis		To be filled.
Pawsonellus africanus		To be filled.		1986
Pawsonia saxicola		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1871
Pentacta anceps	Pink cucumber	Indo-West Pacific		1867
Pentacta inornatus		Northwest Pacific		1881
Pentacta peterseni		To be filled.		1965
Pentacta pygmaea		Western Atlantic		1886
Pentacta quadrangularis		Northwest Pacific		1830
Pentacta tessellara		To be filled.	3.3 TL	1970
Plesiocolochirus armatus		Northwest Pacific		1881
Plesiocolochirus australis		Indo-West Pacific		1875
Plesiocolochirus dispar		To be filled.		1889
Plesiocolochirus ignavus		To be filled.	5 TL	1874
Plesiocolochirus inornatus		Western Pacific		1881
Pseudocnella sykion		To be filled.
Pseudocnella syracusana		To be filled.		1840
Pseudocnus californicus		To be filled.		1868
Pseudocnus cornutus		To be filled.
Pseudocnus dubiosus	Dubious sea cucumber	Eastern Pacific.		1868
Pseudocnus echinatus		Northwest Pacific		1882
Pseudocnus intermedia		Antarctic Indian Ocean	8 TL	1886
Pseudocnus kollikeri		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Pseudocnus laevigatus		Southwest Pacific and Ant		1876
Pseudocnus leoninoides		Southwest Pacific		1925
Pseudocnus lubricus		Eastern Pacific	5 TL	1901
Pseudocnus marionensis		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1886
Pseudocnus pawsoni		To be filled.		1998
Pseudocnus perrieri	Perrier's sea cucumber	Southern Ocean.
Pseudocnus sentus		To be filled.	2.7 TL	2000
Pseudocnus syracusanus		To be filled.
Pseudocolochirus mysticus		To be filled.
Pseudocolochirus violaceus	Sea apple	Western Central Pacific O		1886
Pseudothyone belli		Western Central Atlantic		1887
Pseudothyone raphanus		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1845
Psolicrux coatsi		Antarctic.		1908
Psolicrux iuvenilesi		Antarctic Indian Ocean		2009
Psolidiella hickmani		To be filled.	1.7 TL	2000
Psolidiella maculosa		To be filled.	2.7 TL	2000
Psolidiella nigra		Southwest Pacific	3.6 TL	1925
Psolidocnus amokurae		To be filled.	1.7 TL	1925
Psolidocnus farquhari		Southwest Pacific	1.3 TL	1925
Psolidocnus sacculus		To be filled.	1.7 TL	1983
Roweia stephensoni	Stephenson's sea cucumber	To be filled.	9.5 TL	1939
Sclerodactyla briareus		Western Atlantic
Sclerodactyla multipes		Northwest Pacific		1886
Sphaerothuria bitentaculata		Northwest Pacific		1893
Sphaerothuria talismani		Northwest Pacific
Squamocnus brevidentis		To be filled.	5.5 TL	1878
Squamocnus luteus		To be filled.	2 TL	2000
Squamocnus niveus		To be filled.	2.8 TL	2000
Staurocucumis liouvillei		Antarctic.		1914
Staurocucumis nocturna		Western Central Pacific		1901
Staurocucumis turqueti		Antarctic		1906
Staurothyrone rosacea		Eastern Indian Ocean		1869
Stereoderma incerta		Northeast Atlantic		1969
Stereoderma kirchsbergii		Atlantic and the Mediterr	1.1 TL	1949
Stereoderma parassimilis		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Stereoderma unisemita		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Thyonella gemmata	Green sea cucumber	Western Atlantic		1851
Thyonella pervicax		Western Central Atlantic
Thyonella sabanillaensis		Western Central Atlantic.
Thyonella surinamensis		To be filled.		1868
Thyonidium cylindricum		To be filled.
Thyonidium diomedaea		To be filled.		1915
Thyonidium drummondii		North Atlantic.		1840
Thyonidium pellucidum		Northeast Atlantic
Trachasina crucifera		Western Indian Ocean		1868
Trachycucumis plettenbergi		Western Indian Ocean	1.4 TL	2003
Trachythyone baja		To be filled.	11 TL	1987
Trachythyone bouvetensis		Antarctic Atlantic		1935
Trachythyone crassipeda		To be filled.		1961
Trachythyone cynthiae		Antarctic Indian Ocean	6 TL	2009
Trachythyone fallax		To be filled.		1958
Trachythyone lechleri		Southern Ocean.		1885
Trachythyone mackenzieae		Antarctic Indian Ocean	6 TL	2009
Trachythyone macphersonae		Southwest Pacific		1962
Trachythyone mira		To be filled.		1935
Trachythyone muricata		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1876
Trachythyone parva		Antarctic Atlantic and In	1.8 TL	1875

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Species Identification: Find Species

Family: Cucumariidae (See list of species below)

Family: Cucumariidae

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