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Family: Cucumariidae (See list of species below)

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161 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Abyssocucumis abyssorum []	No picture found Actinocucumis chinensis []	No picture found Actinocucumis typica []
No picture found Actinocumis typicus []	No picture found Afrocucumis africana []	No picture found Amphicyclus mortenseni []
No picture found Aslia forbesi []	No picture found Aslia lefevrei []	No picture found Aslia spyridophora []
No picture found Caespitugo citriformis []	No picture found Cercodemas anceps []	No picture found Cladodactyla crocea []
No picture found Cladodactyla senegalensis []	No picture found Colochirus crassus []	No picture found Colochirus quadrangularis [Thorny sea cucumber]
No picture found Colochirus robustus [Yellow cucumber]	No picture found Cucamba psolidiformis []	No picture found Cucumaria acuta []
No picture found Cucumaria alcocki []	No picture found Cucumaria anivaensis []	No picture found Cucumaria bacilliformis []
No picture found Cucumaria brunnea []	No picture found Cucumaria calcigera []	No picture found Cucumaria conicospermum []
No picture found Cucumaria djakonovi []	No picture found Cucumaria dudexa []	No picture found Cucumaria flamma []
No picture found Cucumaria frauenfeldi []	Cucumaria frondosa [Orange-footed sea cucumber]	No picture found Cucumaria georgiana []
No picture found Cucumaria grubei []	No picture found Cucumaria improvisa []	No picture found Cucumaria insolens []
Cucumaria japonica [Japanese cucumaria]	No picture found Cucumaria laevigata []	No picture found Cucumaria lamberti []
No picture found Cucumaria levini []	No picture found Cucumaria lubrica []	No picture found Cucumaria manoelina []
No picture found Cucumaria miniata [Orange sea cucumber]	No picture found Cucumaria okhotensis []	No picture found Cucumaria pallida [Pale sea cucumber]
No picture found Cucumaria paraglacialis []	No picture found Cucumaria piperata [Salt and pepper sea cucumber]	No picture found Cucumaria pseudocurata [Tar spot sea cucumber]
No picture found Cucumaria pulcherrima []	No picture found Cucumaria savelijevae []	No picture found Cucumaria saxicola []
No picture found Cucumaria serrata []	No picture found Cucumaria sinorbis []	No picture found Cucumaria sykion []
No picture found Cucumaria syracusana []	No picture found Cucumaria tergestina []	No picture found Cucumaria tetracentriophora []
No picture found Cucumaria vaneyi []	No picture found Cucumaria vegae [Tiny black sea cucumber]	No picture found Cucumaria webbi []
No picture found Cucumella indonesia []	No picture found Cucumella triplex []	No picture found Duasmodactyla turriculacava []
No picture found Echinocucumis hispida []	No picture found Echinocucumis kirrilyae []	No picture found Echinocucumis tenera []
No picture found Ekmocucumis denticulata []	No picture found Ekmocucumis steineni []	No picture found Euthyonacta solida []
No picture found Hemioedema goreensis []	No picture found Hemioedema gruveli []	No picture found Heterocucumis denticulata []
No picture found Heterocucumis georgiana []	No picture found Heterocucumis godeffroyi [Wedging sea cucumber]	Heterocucumis steineni []
No picture found Leptopentacta imbricata []	No picture found Leptopentacta punctabipeda []	No picture found Leptopentacta pygmaea []
No picture found Leptopentacta tergestina []	No picture found Loisettea amphictena []	No picture found Mensamaria intercedens []
Microchoerus splendidus []	No picture found Neocnus incubans []	No picture found Neocucumella bicolumnata []
No picture found Ocnus brunneus []	Ocnus glacialis []	No picture found Ocnus grubei []
No picture found Ocnus koellikeri []	No picture found Ocnus lacteus []	No picture found Ocnus petiti []
Ocnus planci []	No picture found Ocnus pygmaeus []	No picture found Ocnus sacculus []
No picture found Ocnus surinamensis []	No picture found Ocnus suspectus []	No picture found Ocnus syracusanus []
No picture found Panningia bispicula []	No picture found Panningia hyndmanni []	No picture found Panningia mauritanica []
No picture found Paracucumaria capense []	No picture found Paracucumaria hyndmanni []	Paraleptopentacta elongata []
No picture found Parathyone surinamensis []	No picture found Pawsonellus africanus []	No picture found Pawsonia saxicola []
No picture found Pentacta anceps [Pink cucumber]	No picture found Pentacta inornatus []	No picture found Pentacta peterseni []
No picture found Pentacta pygmaea []	No picture found Pentacta quadrangularis []	No picture found Pentacta tessellara []
No picture found Plesiocolochirus armatus []	No picture found Plesiocolochirus australis []	No picture found Plesiocolochirus dispar []
No picture found Plesiocolochirus ignavus []	No picture found Plesiocolochirus inornatus []	No picture found Pseudocnella sykion []
No picture found Pseudocnus dubiosus [Dubious sea cucumber]	No picture found Pseudocnus echinatus []	No picture found Pseudocnus intermedia []
No picture found Pseudocnus laevigatus []	No picture found Pseudocnus leoninoides []	No picture found Pseudocnus lubricus []
No picture found Pseudocnus marionensis []	No picture found Pseudocnus pawsoni []	No picture found Pseudocnus perrieri [Perrier's sea cucumber]
No picture found Pseudocnus sentus []	No picture found Pseudothyone belli []	No picture found Pseudothyone raphanus []
No picture found Psolicrux coatsi []	No picture found Psolicrux iuvenilesi []	No picture found Psolidiella hickmani []
No picture found Psolidiella maculosa []	No picture found Psolidiella nigra []	No picture found Psolidocnus amokurae []
No picture found Psolidocnus farquhari []	No picture found Psolidocnus sacculus []	No picture found Roweia stephensoni [Stephenson's sea cucumber]
Sclerodactyla briareus []	No picture found Sclerodactyla multipes []	No picture found Squamocnus brevidentis []
No picture found Squamocnus luteus []	No picture found Squamocnus niveus []	Staurocucumis liouvillei []
No picture found Staurocucumis nocturna []	No picture found Staurocucumis turqueti []	No picture found Staurothyrone rosacea []
No picture found Stereoderma incerta []	No picture found Stereoderma kirchsbergii []	Thyonella gemmata [Green sea cucumber]
No picture found Thyonella pervicax []	No picture found Thyonella surinamensis []	No picture found Thyonidium pellucidum []
No picture found Trachasina crucifera []	No picture found Trachycucumis plettenbergi []	No picture found Trachythyone baja []
No picture found Trachythyone bouvetensis []	No picture found Trachythyone crassipeda []	No picture found Trachythyone fallax []
No picture found Trachythyone lechleri []	No picture found Trachythyone macphersonae []	No picture found Trachythyone mira []
No picture found Trachythyone muricata []	No picture found Trachythyone parva []

161 Species of Family Cucumariidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Abyssocucumis abyssorum		Antarctic and Atlantic
Actinocucumis chinensis		Western Pacific
Actinocucumis typica		Indo-West Pacific.
Actinocumis typicus		Northwest Pacific
Afrocucumis africana		Northwest Pacific
Amphicyclus mortenseni		Western Indian Ocean
Aslia forbesi		To be filled.
Aslia lefevrei		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Aslia spyridophora		To be filled.	4 TL
Caespitugo citriformis		Antarctic Atlantic	2.3 TL
Cercodemas anceps		Indo-West Pacific
Cladodactyla crocea		Antarctica, Sub-Antarctic	10 TL
Cladodactyla senegalensis		To be filled.
Colochirus crassus		Indo-West Pacific
Colochirus quadrangularis	Thorny sea cucumber	Indo-West Pacific.
Colochirus robustus	Yellow cucumber	Northwest Pacific
Cucamba psolidiformis		Antarctic Atlantic	9.5 TL
Cucumaria acuta		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Cucumaria alcocki		To be filled.
Cucumaria anivaensis		To be filled.	9.5 TL
Cucumaria bacilliformis		To be filled.
Cucumaria brunnea		To be filled.
Cucumaria calcigera		Arctic, Northeast Pacific
Cucumaria conicospermum		To be filled.	10 TL
Cucumaria djakonovi		To be filled.
Cucumaria dudexa		Antarctic Atlantic
Cucumaria flamma		Eastern Pacific.	15 TL
Cucumaria frauenfeldi		To be filled.	13 TL
Cucumaria frondosa	Orange-footed sea cucumber	Northern Atlantic and the	50 TL
Cucumaria georgiana		Arctic and Antarctic
Cucumaria grubei		To be filled.	10 TL
Cucumaria improvisa		To be filled.
Cucumaria insolens		To be filled.
Cucumaria japonica	Japanese cucumaria	Northwest Pacific.	40 TL
Cucumaria laevigata		To be filled.
Cucumaria lamberti		To be filled.
Cucumaria levini		To be filled.
Cucumaria lubrica		Eastern Central Pacific
Cucumaria manoelina		To be filled.
Cucumaria miniata	Orange sea cucumber	Eastern Pacific	25 TL
Cucumaria okhotensis		To be filled.	19 TL
Cucumaria pallida	Pale sea cucumber	Eastern Pacific	26 TL
Cucumaria paraglacialis		To be filled.
Cucumaria piperata	Salt and pepper sea cucumber	Eastern Pacific	6 TL
Cucumaria pseudocurata	Tar spot sea cucumber	Eastern Pacific
Cucumaria pulcherrima		Western Atlantic
Cucumaria savelijevae		To be filled.
Cucumaria saxicola		To be filled.
Cucumaria serrata		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Cucumaria sinorbis		To be filled.
Cucumaria sykion		To be filled.
Cucumaria syracusana		To be filled.	7 TL
Cucumaria tergestina		Mediterranean
Cucumaria tetracentriophora		To be filled.	11 TL
Cucumaria vaneyi		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Cucumaria vegae	Tiny black sea cucumber	Eastern Pacific
Cucumaria webbi		To be filled.
Cucumella indonesia		To be filled.	1.8 TL
Cucumella triplex		To be filled.	2 TL
Duasmodactyla turriculacava		To be filled.	2.6 TL
Echinocucumis hispida		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Echinocucumis kirrilyae		Antarctic Indian Ocean	0.6 TL
Echinocucumis tenera		To be filled.
Ekmocucumis denticulata		Antarctic Atlantic
Ekmocucumis steineni		Antarctic
Euthyonacta solida		Western Atlantic
Hemioedema goreensis		To be filled.
Hemioedema gruveli		To be filled.
Heterocucumis denticulata		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Heterocucumis georgiana		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Heterocucumis godeffroyi	Wedging sea cucumber	Southeast Pacific and Ant
Heterocucumis steineni		Antarctic and Southwest A
Leptopentacta imbricata		Indo-West Pacific.
Leptopentacta punctabipeda		Northwest Pacific
Leptopentacta pygmaea		Western Central Pacific
Leptopentacta tergestina		Atlantic and the Mediterr	7.6 TL
Loisettea amphictena		Eastern Indian Ocean	9.65 TL
Mensamaria intercedens		Indo-West Pacific
Microchoerus splendidus		Antarctic Atlantic	4 TL
Neocnus incubans		Mediterranean Sea.	0.6 TL
Neocucumella bicolumnata		To be filled.
Ocnus brunneus		Northeast Atlantic
Ocnus glacialis		Arctic and Northeast Atla
Ocnus grubei		Mediterranean Sea.
Ocnus koellikeri		Atlantic and the Mediterr	27 TL
Ocnus lacteus		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Ocnus petiti		Mediterranean Sea.
Ocnus planci		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Ocnus pygmaeus		Western Atlantic
Ocnus sacculus		To be filled.	1.12 TL
Ocnus surinamensis		Central Atlantic.
Ocnus suspectus		Western Central Atlantic
Ocnus syracusanus		Mediterranean.
Panningia bispicula		To be filled.
Panningia hyndmanni		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Panningia mauritanica		To be filled.	8.5 TL
Paracucumaria capense		Southeast Atlantic	3.6 TL
Paracucumaria hyndmanni		To be filled.	5 TL
Paraleptopentacta elongata		Northeast Atlantic and th	15 TL
Parathyone surinamensis		To be filled.
Pawsonellus africanus		To be filled.
Pawsonia saxicola		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Pentacta anceps	Pink cucumber	Indo-West Pacific
Pentacta inornatus		Northwest Pacific
Pentacta peterseni		To be filled.
Pentacta pygmaea		Western Atlantic
Pentacta quadrangularis		Northwest Pacific
Pentacta tessellara		To be filled.	3.3 TL
Plesiocolochirus armatus		Northwest Pacific
Plesiocolochirus australis		Indo-West Pacific
Plesiocolochirus dispar		To be filled.
Plesiocolochirus ignavus		To be filled.	5 TL
Plesiocolochirus inornatus		Western Pacific
Pseudocnella sykion		To be filled.
Pseudocnus dubiosus	Dubious sea cucumber	Eastern Pacific.
Pseudocnus echinatus		Northwest Pacific
Pseudocnus intermedia		Antarctic Indian Ocean	8 TL
Pseudocnus laevigatus		Southwest Pacific and Ant
Pseudocnus leoninoides		Southwest Pacific
Pseudocnus lubricus		Eastern Pacific	5 TL
Pseudocnus marionensis		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Pseudocnus pawsoni		To be filled.
Pseudocnus perrieri	Perrier's sea cucumber	Southern Ocean.
Pseudocnus sentus		To be filled.	2.7 TL
Pseudothyone belli		Western Central Atlantic
Pseudothyone raphanus		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Psolicrux coatsi		Antarctic.
Psolicrux iuvenilesi		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Psolidiella hickmani		To be filled.	1.7 TL
Psolidiella maculosa		To be filled.	2.7 TL
Psolidiella nigra		Southwest Pacific	3.6 TL
Psolidocnus amokurae		To be filled.	1.7 TL
Psolidocnus farquhari		Southwest Pacific	1.3 TL
Psolidocnus sacculus		To be filled.	1.7 TL
Roweia stephensoni	Stephenson's sea cucumber	To be filled.	9.5 TL
Sclerodactyla briareus		Western Atlantic
Sclerodactyla multipes		Northwest Pacific
Squamocnus brevidentis		To be filled.	5.5 TL
Squamocnus luteus		To be filled.	2 TL
Squamocnus niveus		To be filled.	2.8 TL
Staurocucumis liouvillei		Antarctic.
Staurocucumis nocturna		Western Central Pacific
Staurocucumis turqueti		Antarctic
Staurothyrone rosacea		Eastern Indian Ocean
Stereoderma incerta		Northeast Atlantic
Stereoderma kirchsbergii		Atlantic and the Mediterr	1.1 TL
Thyonella gemmata	Green sea cucumber	Western Atlantic
Thyonella pervicax		Western Central Atlantic
Thyonella surinamensis		To be filled.
Thyonidium pellucidum		Northeast Atlantic
Trachasina crucifera		Western Indian Ocean
Trachycucumis plettenbergi		Western Indian Ocean	1.4 TL
Trachythyone baja		To be filled.	11 TL
Trachythyone bouvetensis		Antarctic Atlantic
Trachythyone crassipeda		To be filled.
Trachythyone fallax		To be filled.
Trachythyone lechleri		Southern Ocean.
Trachythyone macphersonae		Southwest Pacific
Trachythyone mira		To be filled.
Trachythyone muricata		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Trachythyone parva		Antarctic Atlantic and In	1.8 TL

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