(Jaeger, 1833)

A. echinites is a brown sea cucumber with a rough tegument with numerous papillae (size 300-350 mm). The upper surface is often covered with sand (A. echinites photo). The spicules include large rods (A. echinites spicules). A. echinites is found in northern Australian reefs.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Holothuroidea
Order Aspidochirotida
Family Holothuriidae
Genus Actinopyga
Species Actinopyga echinites

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Actinopyga echinites (Jaeger, 1833)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Actinopyga echinites (Jaeger, 1833)

Mülleria echinites Jaeger, 1833

Cannon, L.R.G. and Silver, H. 1986. Sea Cucumbers of Northern Australia. Queensland Museum, South Brisbane, Australia, 60 pp.

Clark, A.M. and Rowe, F.W.E. 1971. 'Monograph of shallow water Indo-west Pacific Echinoderms.' (London:British Museum).

Clark, H.L. 1921. The Echinoderm Fauna of Torres Strait: its composition and its origin. Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 10: 1-223.

Jaeger, G.F. 1833. De Holothuriis. 40 pp., 3 pls.

Rowe, F.W.E. 1969. A review of the family Holothuriidae (Holothurioidea Aspidochirotida). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Zoology) 18: 119-70.

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