Apostichopus is a genus of sea cucumbers in the family Stichopodidae.
| Apostichopus | |
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| Apostichopus (Parastichopus) californicus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Holothuroidea |
| Order: | Synallactida |
| Family: | Stichopodidae |
| Genus: | Apostichopus Liao, 1986 |
Species
editThe following species are recognised in the genus Apostichopus:
- Apostichopus californicus (Stimpson, 1857)
- Apostichopus japonicus (Selenka, 1867)
- Apostichopus johnsoni (Théel, 1886)
- Apostichopus leukothele (Lambert, 1986)
- Apostichopus multidentis (Imaoka, 1991)
- Apostichopus nigripunctatus (Augustin, 1908)
- Apostichopus nipponensis (Imaoka, 1990)
- Apostichopus parvimensis (Clark, 1913)
References
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