Click on one of the original nominal species names below to get a pictorial impression of the species (including its ossicle assemblage), a concise description, its complete synonomy and citation list and its distribution.
Names are put in their original spelling and are ordered alphabetically according to genus name and then specific epithet.
Actinopyga Bedfordi Deichmann, 1922 / Syntypes 1-4
Actinopyga Bedfordi Deichmann, 1922 / Syntypes 5-14
Actinopyga Bedfordi Deichmann, 1922 / Syntypes 15 -20
Actinopyga Bedfordi Deichmann, 1922 / Syntypes 21-28
Holothuria africana Théel, 1886 / Holotype
Holothuria albiventer Semper, 1868 / syntype
Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) arenacava Samyn, Massin & Muthiga, 2000 / Paratype
Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) arenacava Samyn, Massin & Muthiga, 2000 / Paratype
Holothuria arenicola Semper, 1868 / ?Type
Holothuria Andersoni Bell, 1885 / Syntypes
Holothuria brunnea Forbes in Thompson, 1840
Holothuria cadelli Bell, 1887 / Lectotype
Holothuria cadelli Bell, 1887 / Paralectotype 1
Holothuria cadelli Bell, 1887 / Paralectotype 2
Holothuria cadelli Bell, 1887 / Paralectotype 3
Holothuria fusco-rubra Théel, 1886 / Holotype
Holothuria helleri von Marenzeller, 1877 / ? Type
Holothuria helleri von Marenzeller, 1877 / ? Type
Holothuria (Bohadschia) inermis Bell, 1887 / Holotype
Holothuria inornata Semper, 1868 / Syntype
Holothuria kapiolaniae Bell, 1887 / Holotype
Holothuria macleari Bell, 1884 / Syntype 1
Holothuria macleari Bell, 1884 / Syntype 2
Holothuria minax Théel, 1886 / Holotype
Holothuria mollis Hutton, 1872 / Holotype
Holothuria ondaatjei Bell, 1887 / Holotype
Holothuria papillata Bell, 1887 / Syntype1
Holothuria papillata Bell, 1887 / Syntype 2
Holothuria papillata Bell, 1887 / Syntype 3
Holothuria papillata Bell, 1887 / Syntype 4
Holothuria saecularis Bell, 1887 / Lectotype
Holothuria saecularis Bell, 1887 / Paralectotype
Holothuria spinifera Théel, 1886 / Holotype
Holothuria squamifera Semper, 1868 / Syntype
Holothuria (Bohadschia) whitmaei Bell, 1887 / Holotype
Holothuria willeyi Bedford, 1899 / Syntype
Labidodemas spineum Massin, Samyn & Thandar, 2004 / Holotype
Labidodemas spineum Massin, Samyn & Thandar, 2004 / Paratype
Mülleria nobilis Selenka, 1867 / Not a type
Stichopus assimilis Bell, 1883 / Holotype
Stichopus challengeri Théel, 1886 / Holotype
Stichopus japonicus var. typicus Théel, 1886 / Syntype 1
Stichopus japonicus var. typicus Théel, 1886 / Syntype 2
Stichopus moseleyi Théel, 1886 / Syntypes 1 & 2
Stichopus moseleyi Théel, 1886 / Synypes
Stichopus moseleyi Théel, 1886 / Syntypes
Stichopus torvus Théel, 1886 / Holotype
Stichopus variegatus var. Herrmanni Semper, 1868 / Syntype 1
Stichopus variegatus var. Herrmanni Semper, 1868 / Syntype 2
Stichopus variegatus var. Herrmanni Semper, 1868 / Syntype 3
Stichopus variegatus var. Herrmanni Semper, 1868 / Syntype 4
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