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Cucumaria elongata

Taxonomy

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Kingdom: Animalia () - animals
- Phylum: Echinodermata () - Echinoderms
  - Class: Holothuroidea () - Sea Cucumbers
    - Order: Dendrochirotida ()
      - Family: Curculionoidea ()
        Genus: Cucumaria () - (Brandt, 1835)
        Specific name: elongata - Mannerheim, 1853
        Scientific name: - Cucumaria elongata Mannerheim, 1853

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 24-Jun-1996

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Cucumaria

There are approximately 51 species in this genus:

C. africana · C. calcigera · C. californica · C. chronhjelmi · C. compressa · C. conjungens · C. crax · C. crocea · C. crucigera · C. curata · C. echinata · C. elongata · C. fallax (Sea Football) · C. fisheri · C. frauenfeldi · C. frondosa · C. frondosa frondosa · C. frondosa japonica · C. georgiana · C. glacialis · C. grubei · C. hyndmani · C. hyndmanni · C. ijimai · C. imbricata · C. insolens · C. investigatoris · C. japonica · C. lactea · C. laevigata · C. lamperti · C. leonina · C. lubrica · C. miniata (Orange Sea Cucumber) · C. mosaica · C. mutans · C. pallida · C. paraglacialis · C. pigra · C. piperata (Peppered Sea Cucumber) · C. planci · C. plancii · C. pseudocurata · C. pulcherrima · C. salma · C. sluiteri · C. spyridophora · C. sykion · C. syracusana · C. tricolor · C. vegae

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Notes

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Contributors

Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 26, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 26, 2007:

Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Historical quantitative benthos grab samples from the Southern Baltic Sea
The Swedish Museum of Natural History
, Invertebrates

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 594333
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-158214
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13728111
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 158214
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 405949

Last Revised: 2008-09-20