Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Echinozoa > Class Holothuroidea > Order Dendrochirotida > Family Cucumariidae > Genus Cucumaria

Cucumaria frondosa (Gunnerus, 1767)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cucumaria*	de Blainville, 1830	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Cucumaria assimilis*	Düben & Koren, 1846	synonym
*Holothuria frondosa*	Gunnerus, 1767	synonym
*Holothuria fucicola*	Forbes & Goodsir, 1839	synonym
*Holothuria grandis*	Forbes & Goodsir, 1839	synonym
*Holothuria pentactes*	Linnaeus, 1767	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): brunpølse sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

German: schwarze Seegurke sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee

Norwegian: brunpølse sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: brunpølse sources: K. svenska Vetensk.Akad. Handl. 28: 115.

Norwegian Nynorsk: brunpølse sources: K. svenska Vetensk.Akad. Handl. 28: 115.

Nynorsk (Norwegian): brunpølse

Literature

original description	Gunnerus, J.E. (1767). Beskrifning på trenne Norrska Sjö-Kråk, Sjö-Pungar kallade. Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar 28: 114-124
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	Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
additional source	Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324.
additional source	Southward, E.C.; Campbell, A.C. (2006). [Echinoderms: keys and notes for the identification of British species]. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 56. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-269-2. 272 pp.
additional source	Meinkoth, N.A. 1981. Field guide to North American seashore creatures. The Audubon Society. Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 799 p.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	ITIS database
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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (369 nucleotides; 366 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (177 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Marine Life Information Network - UK
Barcode of Life (364 barcodes)
GBIF

Citation

Paulay, G. (2014). Cucumaria frondosa (Gunnerus, 1767). 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:124612