Penilpidia ludwigi (von Marenzeller, 1893)
Ludwig's sea cucumber
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Kolga ludwigi von Marenzeller, 1893; Irpa ludwigi (von Marenzeller, 1893); Periamma ludwigi (von Marenzeller, 1893)
Conservation Status
Last record: 1891 (Fiege & Liao, 1996:61)
Rediscovered in: 1993 (Fiege & Liao, 1996:61)
Distribution
Mediterranean Sea
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Marenzeller, E. von (1893). Zoologische Ergebnisse.I. Echinodermen, gesammelt 1890, 1891 und 1892. Berichte der Commission für Erforschung des Östlichen Mittelmeeres.V. Denkschriften der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 60: 1-24.
Other references:
Chimienti, G., Aguilar, R., Gebruk, A. V. and Mastrototaro, F. (2019). Distribution and swimming ability of the deep-sea holothuroid Penilpidia ludwigi (Holothuroidea: Elasipodida: Elpidiidae). Marine Biodiversity 49(5): 2369-2380.
Fiege, D. and Liao, Y. (1996). Penilpidia ludwigi (Marenzeller, 1893) (Holothurioidea: Elpidiidae) rediscovered from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. In: Uiblein, F., Ott, J., Stachowitsch, M. (eds.). Deep-sea and extreme shallow-water habitats: affinities and adaptations. Biosystematics and Ecology Series 11: 61-66.
Gebruk, Andrey V. (1988). New taxa of abyssal sea cucumbers of the family Elpidiidae (Elasipoda). Zool. Zh. 62: 914-922.
Gebruk, Andrey V. et al. (2013). Penilidia desbarresi sp. nov. (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Elasipodida) from the upper slope of Newfoundland and re-description of P. ludwigi (von Marenzeller, 1893). Marine Biology Research 9(10): 1029-1036. [Abstract]
Hansen, B. (1975). Systematics and biology of the deep-sea holothurians. Part 1– Elasipoda. Galathea Rep 13: 1-262.
Hansson, H. G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds.). (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.
Mecho, A., Billett, D. S. M., Ramírez-Llodra, E., Aguzzi, J., Tyler, P. A. and Company, J. B. (2014). First records, rediscovery and compilation of deep-sea echinoderms in the middle and lower continental slope of the Mediterranean Sea. Sci. Mar. 78(2): 281-302. http://dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.03983.30C
Pagès, F., Martín, J., Palanques, A., Puig, P., Gili, J.-M. (2007). High occurrence of the elasipod holothurian Penilpidia ludwigi (von Marenzeller, 1893) in bathyal sediment traps moored in a western Mediterranean submarine canyon. Deep Sea Research Part I, 54(12): 2170-2180.
WoRMS. (2025). Penilpidia ludwigi (von Marenzeller, 1893). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124745 on 2025-05-29