ThelenotaThelenota is a genus of sea cucumber in the family Stichopodidae.Description and characteristicsThey are massive sea cucumbers, more or less rectangular in cross-section. The oral face is flat, and covered with numerous aligned podia. The tegument is thick, and covered with thick papillae and other tubercles. The oral tentacles are peltate, helping to collect the sediment to ingest.SpeciesThelenota ananas Jaeger, 1833 – Pineapple sea cucumberThelenota anax Clark, 1921 – Giant sea cucumberThelenota rubralineata Massin & Lane, 1991 – Red-lined sea cucumber