(Semper, 1868)

C. acicula is an orange, brown or black, small (80-100 mm), short sea cucumber covered with tube feet. Its tentacles are brown speckled with white [see Clark (1921) pl. 19, fig. 2 (colour)]. Spicules are short, smooth, sharp rods (C. acicula spicules). It can be found on reefs, below rocks.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Holothuroidea
Order Dendrochirotida
Family Phyllophoridae
Genus Cladolabes
Species Cladolabes acicula

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Not included in WoRMS database

Scientific synonyms and common names

Cladolabes acicula (Semper, 1868)

Cucmaria acicula Semper, 1868
Pseudocucumis acicula Ludwig, 1874

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

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.

Clark, H.L. 1946. The Echinoderm Fauna of Australia: its composition and its origin. Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 566: 1-567.

Ludwig, H. 1874. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Holothurien. Arbeiten aus dem zoologisch zootomischen Institut in Wurzburg 2: 77-120.

Semper, C. 1868. Holothurien. In 'Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen. 2. Wissenschaftliche Resultate.' (Wiesbaden: Kreidel).

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