Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Echinozoa > Class Holothuroidea > Order Dendrochirotida

Cucumariidae Ludwig, 1894

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Abyssocucumis Heding, 1942
Aslia Rowe, 1970
Cladodactyla Brandt, 1835
Colochirus Troschel, 1846
Cucumaria de Blainville, 1830
Ekmania Hansen & McKenzie, 1991
Leptopentacta Clark, 1938
Neocnus Cherbonnier, 1972
Neocucumis Deichmann, 1944
Ocnus Forbes & Goodsir in Forbes, 1841
Panningia Cherbonnier, 1958
Paracucumaria Panning, 1949
Pawsonia Rowe, 1970
Pentacta Goldfuss, 1820
Pseudocnella Thandar, 1987
Pseudocnus Panning, 1949
Staurocucumis Ekman, 1927
Stereoderma Ayres, 1851
Thyonidium Düben & Koren, 1846

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Swedish: korvsjögurkor

Literature

original description	Ludwig, H. (1894). Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross, during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z. L. Tanner, U. S. N., commanding, xii. The Holothurioidea. Mem. Mus. Harvard xvii(No. 3): 183 pp.
basis of record	Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 336-351
additional source	Madsen, F.J.; Hansen, B. (1994). Echinodermata Holothurioidea. Marine invertebrates of Scandinavia, 9. Scandinavian University Press: Oslo, Norway. ISBN 82-00-03936-6. 143 pp.

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Citation

Paulay, G. (2014). Cucumariidae Ludwig, 1894. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123187