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The Holothurian Fauna of Cook Strait, New Zealand

[Introduction]

Diagnosis: Gonads in two tufts, one to each side of the dorsal mesentery. Stone canal connected to the body wall, but not opening to the exterior. Deposits tables and rarely buttons.

This family contains four genera, of which the genus Stichopus is by far the largest.