Apostichopus

Apostichopus
Apostichopus californicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Holothuroidea
Order:	Synallactida
Family:	Stichopodidae
Genus:	Apostichopus Liao, 1986

Apostichopus is a genus of sea cucumbers in the family Stichopodidae. They occur from the intertidal zone down to depths of 20–40 m (70–130 ft).

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Apostichopus:

• Apostichopus armatus (Selenka, 1867)
• 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 parvimensis (Clark, 1913)