Stichopodidae

Members of this family are mostly large or medium-sized holothuroids with an angular body shape (almost forming a squarish cross-section), a flat ventral surface, and large, fleshy, cone-shaped projections. Their mouths are surrounded by 20 peltate (shield-shaped) tentacles. They are usually found on soft substrates, such as fine sand or very fine rubble. '') — massive sea cucumber, angular in cross-section, with thick papillae looking like tubercles. ==Genera==

List of genera according to the World Register of Marine Species: • genus Apostichopus Liao, 1980 (8 species, North Pacific) • genus Astichopus Clark, 1922 (1 species, Caribbean) • genus Australostichopus Levin in Moraes et al., 2004 (1 species, New Zealand and southern Australia) • genus Eostichopus Cutress & Miller, 1982 (1 species, Caribbean) • genus Isostichopus Deichmann, 1958 (3 species, warm East Pacific and Atlantic) • genus Neostichopus Deichmann, 1948 (1 species, South Africa) • genus Parastichopus Clark, 1922 (2 species, Atlantic and North Pacific) • genus Stichopus Brandt, 1835 (13 species, Indo-Pacific) • genus Thelenota Brandt, 1835 (3 species, Indo-Pacific) Image:Parastichopus californicus.jpg|Apostichopus californicus Image:Astichopus multifidus.jpg|Astichopus multifidus Image:Australostichopus mollis P1222859.JPG|Australostichopus mollis Image:Isostichopus badionotus.jpg|Isostichopus badionotus Image:Parastichopus regalis.JPG|Parastichopus regalis Image:Stichopus chloronotus Réunion.jpg|Stichopus chloronotus Image:Stichopus sp.png|Isostichopus fuscus Image:Stichopus herrmanni.jpg|Stichopus herrmanni Image:Stichopus monotuberculatus Réunion.jpg|Stichopus monotuberculatus Image:Thelenota ananas1.jpg|Thelenota ananas Image:Thelenota anax.jpg|Thelenota anax ==References==