(Selenka, 1867)

C. perspicillum is an orange-red sea cucumber with white tube feet all over. It is a small to medium-sized species (150-200 mm), stout and ovoid. The body is firm and the tegument smooth. Spicules are short rods. It is a coastal species, found buried in sea-grass beds.

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

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Cladolabes perspicillum (Selenka, 1867)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Cladolabes perspicillum (Selenka, 1867)

Urodemas perspicillum Selenka, 1867

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

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

Selenka, E. 1867. Beiträge zur Anatomis un Systematik der Holothurien. Ztschr. fl. wissensch. Zool. 17:291-374.

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