Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Echinozoa > Class Holothuroidea > Subclass Actinopoda > Order Molpadida > Family Caudinidae > Genus Hedingia

Hedingia albicans (Théel, 1886) Deichmann, 1938

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hedingia*	Deichmann, 1938	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Caudina albicans*	(Théel, 1886)	synonym
*Molpadia albicans*	Auctt.	synonym
*Trochostoma albicans*	Théel, 1886	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: white fusiform sea cucumber sources: National General Status Working Group [Groupe de travail national sur la situation générale]. (2017). Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada [Noms communs normalisés pour les espèces sauvages au Canada].

French: holothurie blanche

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	Mah, C.L.; McKnight, D.G.; Eagle, M.K.; Pawson, D.L.; Améziane, N.; Vance, D.J.; Baker, A.N.; Clark, H.E.S.; Davey, N. (2009). Phylum Echinodermata: sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea lilies. In: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 371-400.
additional source	Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S.
identification resource	Pawson, D. L. (1970). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Sea Cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea). Mem. N.Z. oceanogr. Inst. 52: 1-69.