Clark, 1921

T. anax is a cream/brown sea cucumber mottled with red or brown (Thelenota anax 2, Clark 1921, holotype). It is a large species, square in cross section, lacking large ridged papillae, and with a smooth tegument. Spicules are branched rods with fine lateral spines. T. anax may be found on and between reefs, usually deep on soft sediments.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Holothuroidea
Order Aspidochirotida
Family Stichopodidae
Genus Thelenota
Species Thelenota anax

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Thelenota anax H.L. Clark, 1921

Scientific synonyms and common names

Thelenota anax Clark, 1921

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.

Yamanouti, T. 1939. Ecological and physiological studies of holothurians on coral reefs of Palao Is. Palao trop. biol. Stn. Stud. 4:605-603.

Yulin, L. 1975. The Echinoderms of Xisha Islands. I. Holothurioidea, Guangdong Provience, China. Studia Marina Sinica 10:199-228.

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