Clark, 1938

L. grisea is a grey (above) and white (below) sea cucumber. It is a small (to 75 mm), elongate species with a thin, pentagonal, body which is rigid and curved into a "U-shape", with mouth and cloaca turned up. Spicules are smooth, nodular buttons, baskets and lenticular plates. L. grisea live a sedentary life in "U-shaped" burrows.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Holothuroidea
Order Dendrochirotida
Family Cucumariidae
Genus Leptopentacta
Species Leptopentacta grisea

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Leptopentacta grisea H.L. Clark, 1938

Scientific synonyms and common names

Leptopentacta grisea 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.

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