Apostichopus Explained

Apostichopus is a genus of sea cucumbers in the family Stichopodidae.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Apostichopus:

• Apostichopus californicus (Stimpson, 1857)
• Apostichopus japonicus (Selenka, 1867)
• Apostichopus johnsoni (Théel, 1886)
• Apostichopus leukothele (Lambert, 1986)
• Apostichopus multidentis (Imaoka, 1991)
• Apostichopus nigripunctatus (Augustin, 1908)
• Apostichopus nipponensis (Imaoka, 1990)
• Apostichopus parvimensis (Clark, 1913)

References

• Taxonomy of Apostichopus in the World Register of Marine Species