Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Oneirophanta setigera
Pepino de mar - abisal, Abyssal sea cucumber
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Echinodermata
Class
Holothuroidea
Order
Synallactida
Family
Deimatidae
Genus
Oneirophanta
Species
setigera
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Scotodeima setigerum Ludwig, 1893 (Horton et al., 2021). MCCDRS-9389
Origin: Native
Distribution: West of the Galapagos Islands (Salinas-de-León et al., 2020).North and South Pacific Ocean (Horton et al., 2021).
- 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.
- Salinas-de-León, P. Martí-Puig, P., Buglass, S., Arnés-Urgellés, C., Rastoin-Laplane, E., Creemers, M., Cairns, S., Fisher, C., O Hara, T., Ott, B., Raineault, N. A., Reiswig, H., Rouse, G., Rowley, S., Shank, T. M., Suarez, J., Watling, L., Wicksten, M. K., & Marsh, L. (2020) Characterization of deep-sea benthic invertebrate megafauna of the Galapagos Islands Scientific Reports, 10(1), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-70744-1
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"Galapagos Species Database, Oneirophanta setigera", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18742. Accessed 3 April 2026.