Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Pseudostichopus mollis
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Echinodermata
Class
Holothuroidea
Order
Persiculida
Family
Pseudostichopodidae
Genus
Pseudostichopus
Species
mollis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Meseres trachus (Sluiter, 1901), Pseudostichopus (Pseudostichopus) alatus Imaoka, 1990, Pseudostichopus nudus Ohshima, 1915, Pseudostichopus trachus Sluiter, 1901, fide Horton et al. (2021)
Origin: Native
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- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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- Sonnenholzner, J. Brand, M., Francisco, V., Hearn, A., Luzuriaga, M., Guarderas, P & Navarro, J. (2013) Echinoderms of Ecuador. In: Alvarado, J & Solís-Marín, A. (eds.) (2013) Echinoderm research and Diversity in Latin America. 183-233 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Pseudostichopus mollis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=14952. Accessed 3 April 2026.