(Ludwig, 1874)

C. schmeltzi is a light to dark brown, small (8-85 mm when preserved), short sea cucumber covered with tube feet. Spicules are short spiked rods (C. schmeltzi spicules). It is found in reefs and coastal waters, below rocks and rubble.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Holothuroidea
Order Dendrochirotida
Family Phyllophoridae
Genus Cladolabes
Species Cladolabes schmeltzi

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Not included in WoRMS database

Scientific synonyms and common names

Cladolabes schmeltzi (Ludwig, 1874)

Thyonidium schmeltzii Ludwig, 1874
Urodemas schmeltzii Clark, 1938

Cannon, L.R.G. and Silver, H. 1986. Sea Cucumbers of Northern Australia. Queensland Museum, South Brisbane, Australia, 60 pp.

Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology of the Harvard College 55: 1-596.

Clark, H.L. 1946. The Echinoderm Fauna of Australia: its composition and its origin. Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 566: 1-567.

Ludwig, H. 1874. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Holothurien. Arbeiten aus dem zoologisch zootomischen Institut in Wurzburg 2: 77-120.

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