Pseudostichopus

Pseudostichopus is a genus of sea cucumbers belonging to the monotypic family Pseudostichopodidae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.^[1]

Pseudostichopus
Pseudostichopus peripatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Holothuroidea
Order:	Persiculida
Family:	Pseudostichopodidae Kerr, Paulay, Reich, Wilson, Carvajal & Rouse, 2017
Genus:	Pseudostichopus Théel, 1886
Synonyms
(Genus) Filithuria Koehler & Vaney, 1905 Peristichopus Djakonov, 1949 Plicastichopus Heding, 1940 Pseudostichopus (Pseudostichopus) Heding, 1940 Pseudostichopus (Trachostichopus) Heding, 1940 Trachostichopus Heding, 1940

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Pseudostichopus:^[2]

• Pseudostichopus aemulatus Solis-Marin & Billett in Solis-Marin et al., 2004
• Pseudostichopus echinatus Thandar, 1992
• Pseudostichopus elegans (Koehler & Vaney, 1905)
• Pseudostichopus hyalegerus (Sluiter, 1901)
• Pseudostichopus langeae Thandar, 2009
• Pseudostichopus mollis Théel, 1886
• Pseudostichopus occultatus Marenzeller von, 1893
• Pseudostichopus papillatus (D'yakonov, 1949)
• Pseudostichopus peripatus (Sluiter, 1901)
• Pseudostichopus profundi D'yakonov, 1949
• Pseudostichopus spiculiferus (O'Loughlin, 2002)
• Pseudostichopus tuberosus O'Loughlin & Ahearn, 2005