P.armatus is a small, grey-brown to white sea cucumber with dark spots. Spicules are thin branched rods and perforated plates and spheres. P.armatus may be found on sea-grass flats from Bunbury to Shark Bay, Western Australia.
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Echinodermata Class Holothuroidea Order Dendrochirotida Family Cucumariidae Genus Pentacta Species Pentacta armatus
Status in World Register of Marine Species
Not included in WoRMS database
Scientific synonyms and common names
Pentactaarmatus (von Marenzeller, 1881)
Cannon, L.R.G. and Silver, H. 1986. Sea Cucumbers of Northern Australia. Queensland Museum, South Brisbane, Australia, 60 pp.
Marenzeller, E. von 1881. Neue Holothurien von Japan und China. Verhandl. K. K. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. Wien 31:121-140.
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