P.nigra is a dark brown sea cucumber bearing brown tentacles with a dark stripe on the outer side. It is a large species with 15 tentacles. The spicules are anchors with knobs at their vertex, unbranched bases and small, branched miliary bodies (P. nigra spicules). P.nigra may be found on reefs, on the reef flat.
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Echinodermata Class Holothuroidea Order Apodida Family Synaptidae Genus Pendekaplectana Species Pendekaplectana nigra
Status in World Register of Marine Species
Not included in WoRMS database
Scientific synonyms and common names
Pendekaplectananigra (Semper, 1868)
SynaptanigraSemper, 1868
Cannon, L.R.G. and Silver, H. 1986. Sea Cucumbers of Northern Australia. Queensland Museum, South Brisbane, Australia, 60 pp.
Semper, C. 1868. Holothurien. In 'Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen. 2. Wissenschaftliche Resultate.' (Wiesbaden: Kreidel).
Images
P. nigra spicules (Cannon and Silver 1986)
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