Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Echinozoa > Class Holothuroidea > Subclass Actinopoda > Order Dendrochirotida > Family Cucumariidae > Genus Pawsonia

Pawsonia saxicola (Brady & Robertson, 1871)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pawsonia*	Rowe, 1970	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Cucumaria saxicola*	Brady & Robertson, 1871	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: sea gherkin

Literature

basis of record	Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Rowe, F. W. E. (1970). A Note on the British Species of Cucumarians, Involving the Erection of Two New Nominal Genera. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 50(3): 683-687.
additional source	Southward, E.C.; Campbell, A.C. (2006). [Echinoderms: keys and notes for the identification of British species]. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 56. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-269-2. 272 pp.