🦋 Family

Cucumariidae

9 species · Animals

Animalia › Echinodermata › Holothuroidea › Dendrochirotida › Cucumariidae

Sea apples are colorful round filter-feeding sea cucumbers of the genus Pseudocolochirus found in Indo-Pacific waters.

Cucumaria miniata is an orange, reddish-brown echinoderm found from northern Alaska to northern Mexico in rocky coastal habitats.

Cucumaria frondosa is an Arctic sea cucumber with distinct body features and separate sexes identifiable by their gonopore shape.

Colochirus robustus is a Indo-Pacific sea cucumber kept in aquaria and studied for potential human immune benefits.

Colochirus quadrangularis is a square-bodied tropical Indo-Pacific sea cucumber collected for the aquarium trade.

Ocnus planci is a small sea cucumber found in northeastern Atlantic waters that can exhibit neoteny.

Pentacta is a genus of Cucumariidae echinoderms found in the Indian Ocean and Malesia, with seven currently recognized species.

Pawsonia saxicola is a northeastern Atlantic/Mediterranean suspension-feeding sea cucumber that hides in rocky shore crevices.

Hemiocnus insolens is a sea cucumber species found along the coast of south-western Africa, east to Port Elizabeth.

Related Families

Psolidae 2 species Sclerodactylidae 2 species

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