(Brandt, 1835)

P. rufescens is a small (100 mm), soft and wrinkled, brown or red-black sea cucumber with 18 tentacles. The spicules are wheels (P. rufescens spicules), sigmoid bodies are lacking. P. rufescens is found under rocks inshore on reefs and in coastal regions in tropics.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Holothuroidea
Order Apodida
Family Chiridotidae
Genus Polycheira
Species Polycheira rufescens

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Polycheira rufescens (Brandt, 1835)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Polycheira rufescens (Brandt, 1835)

Chiridota rufescens Brandt, 1835

Brandt, J.F. 1835. Prodromus descriptions animalium ab H. Mertensio...observatorum. Fasc. 1, pp 1-75.

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

Clark, H.L. 1908. The apodus holothurians. Smithsonian Contrib. to Knowledge, vol. 35, 231 pp.

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