Ludwig, 1888

P. (Urodemella) brocki is a yellow-brown sea cucumber (ca. 100 mm) with a few large papillae, dark purple at the tips. Spicules are reduced tables with an imperfect spire and thorny plates (P. brocki spicules, P. brocki spicules 2). Reported from Western Australia.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Holothuroidea
Order Dendrochirotida
Family Phyllophoridae
Genus Phyllophorus
Subgenus Urodemella
Species Phyllophorus brocki

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Synonym of Phyllophorus (Urodemella) brocki Ludwig, 1888

Scientific synonyms and common names

Phyllophorus (Urodemella) brocki Ludwig, 1888

Phyllophorus brocki Ludwig, 1888

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. 1888. Die von Dr. J. Brock im Indischen Archipel gesammelten Holothurien. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. syst. 3:805-820.

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