Deep-Sea taxon details
Echinocucumis M. Sars, 1859
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Sars, M. (1859). Om tre nye Holothurider af hvilke den ena danner Typus for en ny Slaegt. <em>Videnskabs-Selskabets Forhandlinger, Christiania.</em> 1859: 170-179. [details]
Description This genus includes ypsilothuriids with thecal plates made up of only a single layer of calcacerous material. Currently...
Description This genus includes ypsilothuriids with thecal plates made up of only a single layer of calcacerous material. Currently only four species - the cosmopolitan type species Echinocucumis hispida (Barret, 1856), the Western Indian Ocean E. paratypica Ludwig & Heding, 1935, and the Eastern Atlantic E. tenera Cherbonnier, 1958, and E. multipodia Cherbonnier, 1964, are included in the genus. The latter two species possess bifurcate processes to the calcacerous ring and hence may not strictly belong in Echinocucumis. [details]
Deep-Sea (2025). Echinocucumis M. Sars, 1859. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123473 on 2025-05-24
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Echinocucumis M. Sars, 1859. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123473 on 2025-05-24
original description
Sars, M. (1859). Om tre nye Holothurider af hvilke den ena danner Typus for en ny Slaegt. <em>Videnskabs-Selskabets Forhandlinger, Christiania.</em> 1859: 170-179. [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Thandar, A.S. (1999). Deep-sea Holothuroids taken by the R.V. Africana II in 1959, from off the West Coast of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa, Ann. S. Afr. Mus., Vol. 105(9): 364-409, 16 figs, 2 tables (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Thandar, A.S. (1999). Deep-sea Holothuroids taken by the R.V. Africana II in 1959, from off the West Coast of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa, Ann. S. Afr. Mus., Vol. 105(9): 364-409, 16 figs, 2 tables (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description This genus includes ypsilothuriids with thecal plates made up of only a single layer of calcacerous material. Currently only four species - the cosmopolitan type species Echinocucumis hispida (Barret, 1856), the Western Indian Ocean E. paratypica Ludwig & Heding, 1935, and the Eastern Atlantic E. tenera Cherbonnier, 1958, and E. multipodia Cherbonnier, 1964, are included in the genus. The latter two species possess bifurcate processes to the calcacerous ring and hence may not strictly belong in Echinocucumis. [details]
