orange-footed sea cucumber
Cucumaria frondosa (Gunnerus, 1767)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Cucumaria frondosa (Gunnerus, 1767)
- Name authority
- (Gunnerus, 1767)
- Common name
- orange-footed sea cucumber
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Class
- Holothuroidea
- Order
- Dendrochirotida
- Family
- Cucumariidae
- Genus
- Cucumaria
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumEchinodermata
- subphylumEchinozoa
- classHolothuroidea de Blainville, 1834
- subclassActinopoda Ludwig, 1891
- orderDendrochirotida Grube, 1840
- familyCucumariidae Ludwig, 1894
- genusCucumaria de Blainville, 1830
- speciesCucumaria frondosa (Gunnerus, 1767)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Cucumaria. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Cucumaria anivaensis Levin, 2004 | CucumariidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cucumaria compressa (R. Perrier, 1898) | CucumariidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cucumaria dudexa O'Loughlin & Manjón-Cabeza, 2009 | CucumariidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cucumaria fallax Ludwig, 1875 | CucumariidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cucumaria flamma Solis-Marin & Laguarda-Figueras, 1999 | CucumariidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Georgian sea cucumberCucumaria georgiana (Lampert, 1886) | CucumariidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cucumaria insperata D'yakonov & Baranova in D'yakonov, Baranova & Savel'eva, 1958 | CucumariidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cucumaria irregularis Vaney, 1906 | CucumariidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cucumaria lamberti Levin & Gudimova, 1998 | CucumariidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cucumaria lateralis Vaney, 1906 | CucumariidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| orange sea cucumberCucumaria miniata (Brandt, 1835) | CucumariidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cucumaria obscura Levin, 2006 | CucumariidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Cucumaria assimilis Düben & Koren, 1846 Düben & Koren, 1846 | ambiguous synonym |
| Holothuria pentacta Gmelin, 1791 Gmelin, 1791 | synonym |
| Holothuria grandis Forbes & Goodsir, 1839 Forbes & Goodsir, 1839 | synonym |
| Holothuria frondosa Gunnerus, 1767 Gunnerus, 1767 | synonym |
| Botryodactyla grandis Ayres, 1851 Ayres, 1851 | synonym |
| Holothuria pentactes O.F. Müller, 1776 O.F. Müller, 1776 | synonym |
| Holothuria pentactes Linnaeus, 1767 Linnaeus, 1767 | synonym |
| Holothuria fucicola Forbes & Goodsir, 1839 Forbes & Goodsir, 1839 | synonym |
| Pentacta frondosa (Gunnerus, 1767) (Gunnerus, 1767) | synonym |
| Botryodactyla affinis Ayres, 1851 Ayres, 1851 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124612 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:329HT. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.