{{Short description|Genus of sea cucumbers}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Actinopyga echinites1.jpg | image_caption = ''Actinopyga echinites'' | taxon = Actinopyga | authority = Bronn, 1860<ref name=WORMS>{{cite WoRMS |title=''Actinopyga'' Bronn, 1860 |year=2020 |id=205662 |accessdate=18 March 2020}}</ref> |synonyms = * ''Jaegeria'' <small>Bell, 1887</small> * ''Metis'' <small>Gistel, 1848</small> * ''Muelleria'' <small>Jaeger, 1833</small> }}
'''''Actinopyga''''' is a genus of sea cucumbers<ref name=WORMS/> found in coastal waters in tropical and temperate regions.
==Species== [[Image:Actinopyga caerulea dents anales.JPG|thumb|upright=1|This genus is distinctive thanks to its anal teeth (here ''Actinopyga caerulea''). However, some ''Holothuria'' can have similar appendages.]] {{As of|2024}}, the World Register of Marine Species recognizes 18 species:<ref name=WORMS/> {{columns-list|colwidth=25em|1= *''Actinopyga agassizii'' <small>(Selenka, 1867)</small> *''Actinopyga albonigra'' <small>Cherbonnier & Féral, 1984</small> *''Actinopyga bacilla'' <small>Cherbonnier, 1988</small> *''Actinopyga bannwarthi'' <small>(Panning, 1944)</small> *''Actinopyga caerulea'' <small>Samyn, VandenSpiegel & Massin, 2006</small> *''Actinopyga capillata'' <small>Rowe & Massin, 2006</small> *''Actinopyga crassa'' <small>Panning, 1944</small> *''Actinopyga echinites'' <small>(Jaeger, 1833)</small> *''Actinopyga flammea'' <small>Cherbonnier, 1979</small> *''Actinopyga fusca'' <small>Cherbonnier, 1980</small> *''Actinopyga lecanora'' <small>(Jaeger, 1833)</small> *''Actinopyga mauritiana'' <small>(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)</small> *''Actinopyga miliaris'' <small>(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)</small> *''Actinopyga obesa'' <small>(Selenka, 1867)</small> *''Actinopyga palauensis'' <small>Panning, 1944</small> *''Actinopyga serratidens'' <small>Pearson, 1903</small> *''Actinopyga spinea'' <small>Cherbonnier, 1980</small> *''Actinopyga varians'' <small>(Selenka, 1867)</small> }} <br>
{{clr}} <gallery style="text-align:center;" mode="packed"> Image:Actinopyga bannwarthi.jpg|''Actinopyga bannwarthi''. Image:Actinopyga capillata.jpg|''Actinopyga capillata''. Image:Actinopyga caerulea.JPG|''Actinopyga caerulea''. Image:Actinopyga echinites Réunion.jpg|''Actinopyga echinites''. Image:Actinopyga flammea.jpg|''Actinopyga flammea''. Image:Actinopyga lecanora.JPG|''Actinopyga lecanora''. Image:Actinopyga mauritiana.jpg|''Actinopyga mauritiana''. Image:Actinopyga miliaris.JPG|''Actinopyga miliaris'' Image:Sea Cucumber (23973750432).jpg|''Actinopyga varians'' </gallery>
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Actinopyga Category:Holothuriidae Category:Sea cucumber genera Category:Taxa named by Heinrich Georg Bronn Category:Taxa described in 1860
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