Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Pseudostichopus peripatus (Sluiter, 1901)

Depth: 1158-3667 m

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Echinodermata

Class
Holothuroidea

Order
Persiculida

Family
Pseudostichopodidae

Genus
Pseudostichopus

Species
peripatus

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Meseres peripatus Sluiter, 1901, Plicastichopus ingolfi Heding, 1942, Pseudostichopus (Trachostichopus) tuberculatus Imaoka, 1990, Pseudostichopus aleutianus Ohshima, 1915, Pseudostichopus lapidus Hérouard, 1923, Pseudostichopus marenzelleri Hérouard, 1923, Pseudostichopus occultatus var. plicatus Koehler & Vaney, 1905, Pseudostichopus plicatus Koehler & Vaney, 1905, Pseudostichopus propinquus Fisher, 1907, Pseudostichopus unguiculatus Ohshima, 1915, fide Horton et al. (2021)

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Panama and Galapagos Islands

References

  • 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.
  • 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 peripatus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19022. Accessed 3 November 2026.