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Colochirus is a genus of sea cucumbers in the family Cucumariidae.
The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species: [1]
The Octopodidae comprise the family containing the majority of known octopus species.
Holothuria is the type genus of the marine animal family Holothuriidae, part of the class Holothuroidea, commonly known as sea cucumbers. Members of the genus are found in coastal waters in tropical and temperate regions. They are soft bodied, limbless invertebrates that dwell on the ocean floor and are usually detritivore. They resemble a cucumber in form. The genus contains some species that are harvested and sold as food.
Cypraeidae, common name the cowries, is a taxonomic family of small to large sea snails. These are marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cypraeoidea, the cowries and cowry allies.
Ophiactidae are a family of brittle stars.
Ophiotrichidae are a family of ophiurid brittle stars within the infraorder Gnathophiurina.
Peasiella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.
Cucumariidae is a family of sea cucumbers, marine animals with elongated bodies, leathery skins and tentacles that are found on the sea bed.
Bohadschia is a genus of marine sea cucumbers in the family Holothuriidae.
Colochirus quadrangularis, commonly known as the thorny sea cucumber, is a species of sea cucumber in the family Cucumariidae. It is found in shallow seas in tropical parts of the Indo-Pacific region.
Ocnus is a genus of sea cucumbers in the family Cucumariidae.
Psolus phantapus, also known as brown Psolus, is a species of sea cucumbers in the family Psolidae.
Psilaster is a genus of sea stars of the family Astropectinidae.
Geostilbia is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ferussaciidae.
Opheodesoma is a genus of sea cucumbers in the family Synaptidae.
Lychnorhizidae is a family of true jellyfish.
Euplecta is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ariophantidae.
Leptopentacta is a genus of sea cucumbers in the family Cucumariidae.
Holothuria pervicax is a species of sea cucumber in the genus Holothuria. The sea cucumber has been described as widely spread and has been found in much of the pacific. The cucumber was first described by Selenka in 1867. The cucumber is capable of expelling a relatively large number of cuvierian tubules if disturbed, and is considered toxic if eaten.