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

Molpadia musculus Risso, 1826

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Molpadia*	Cuvier, 1817	accepted genus name
*Ankyroderma*	Ludwig, 1890, non Danielssen & Koren, 1879	synonym
*Eumolpadia*	Heding, 1935	synonym
*Haplodactyla*	Grube, 1840	synonym
*Paratrochostoma*	Heding, 1935	synonym
*Trochostoma*	Danielssen & Koren, 1879	synonym

Species group names

*Ankyroderma danielsseni*	Théel, 1886	synonym
*Ankyroderma hispanicum*	Petit, 1883	synonym
*Ankyroderma loricatum*	Perrier R., 1898	synonym
*Ankyroderma perrieri*	Petit, 1883	synonym
*Eumolpadia asaphes*	Heding, 1935	synonym
*Haplodactyla mediterranea*	Grube, 1840	synonym
*Molpadia loricata*	(R. Perrier, 1898)	synonym
*Trochostoma violaceum*	Théel, 1886	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: muscular 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 puissante 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].

Japanese: シリブトイモナマコ

Literature

original description	Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [book series]. 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5. Paris, F.G. Levrault. vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes].
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	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.
additional source	Pawson, D.L.; Vance, D.J.; Ahearn, C. (2001). Western Atlantic sea cucumbers of the Order Molpadiida (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea). Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington 10: 311-327
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.
identification resource	Pawson, D. L. (1970). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Sea Cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea). Mem. N.Z. oceanogr. Inst. 52: 1-69.