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Stichopodidae

Stichopodidae
Thelenota ananas
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Holothuroidea
Order:	Synallactida
Family:	Stichopodidae Haeckel, 1896
Genera
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Synonyms
Stichopoda Haeckel, 1896

The Stichopodidae are a familyofsea cucumbers, part of the order Synallactida.^[1]

Members of this family are mostly large or medium-sized holothuroids with an angular body shape (almost forming 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 fine sand or very fine rubble.^[2]

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)

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  Apostichopus californicus
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  Astichopus multifidus
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  Australostichopus mollis
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  Isostichopus badionotus
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  Parastichopus regalis
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  Stichopus chloronotus
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  Isostichopus fuscus
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  Stichopus herrmanni
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  Stichopus monotuberculatus
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  Thelenota ananas
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  Thelenota anax

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