(Semper, 1868)

P. australis is a white sea cucumber with a pink cast. It is a small to medium (70-125 mm), cylindrical species with a tapering with a caudal appendage. The body is thin and soft and the tegument smooth. Spicules are irregular perforated plates (P. australis spicules 2). It is a coastal species, found buried in soft intertidal sediments.

Remarks: P. australis is known from both tropical and temperate Australia. P. chiliensis is wide spread in the Pacific and according to Clark (1938) in Australia it is P. chilinensis ransonetti.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Holothuroidea
Order Molpadiida
Family Caudinidae
Genus Paracaudina
Species Paracaudina australis

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Paracaudina australis (Semper, 1868)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Paracaudina australis (Semper, 1868)

Molpadia australis Semper, 1868
Pseudocaudina australis Heding, 1931

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

Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology of the Harvard College 55: 1-596.

Heding, G.S. 1931. On the classification of the Molpadids. Videnskapelige Meddeleser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Kjobenhaun 92: 275-84.

Heding, G.S. 1932. Paracaudina nom. nov., a correction, ... Vidensk. Medd. 92:455-456.

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

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