Holothuroidea

Also known as trepang, Sea cucumber, Sea Slug, Sea-slug, swallo, sea cucumbers, Beche-de-mer

class of echinoderms

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Holothuroidea is a class of marine animals called echinoderms that includes sea cucumbers, which are soft-bodied creatures found on ocean floors around the world. They matter because they play an important role in ocean ecosystems by breaking down organic material and recycling nutrients in the seafloor.

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Species

sea cucumbers

Holothuroidea

CLASS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumEchinodermata
ClassHolothuroidea

Habitatmarine, brackish

Observations recorded1,307,934

海參，又名海鼠、海黄瓜，是海生的棘皮類動物，通常生活在水溫頗低的海底，平時以過濾沙子中的雜質為食，又有海中清道夫之稱。遇到危險時會吐出內臟嚇阻敵人，以求自保。海参在外界某些条件刺激下，会有自溶现象。是南北貨的一種。

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Research

2,847 papers

Sphingolipids of Asteroidea and Holothuroidea: Structures and Biological Activities.ReviewMarine drugs · 2021Malyarenko TV, Kicha AA, Stonik VA et al.DOI: 10.3390/md19060330
Aquatic Antagonists: Sea Cucumbers (Holothuroidea).Cutis · 2021Ellis CR, Elston DM, Joustra JPL et al.DOI: 10.12788/cutis.0323
Molecular phylogeny of extant Holothuroidea (Echinodermata).Molecular phylogenetics and evolution · 2017Miller AK, Kerr AM, Paulay G et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.02.014
Acetylated Triterpene Glycosides and Their Biological Activity from Holothuroidea Reported in the Past Six Decades.ReviewMarine drugs · 2016Bahrami Y, Franco CMDOI: 10.3390/md14080147
Biological and taxonomic perspective of triterpenoid glycosides of sea cucumbers of the family Holothuriidae (Echinodermata, Holothuroidea).ReviewComparative biochemistry and physiology. Part B, Biochemistry & molecular biology · 2015Honey-Escandón M, Arreguín-Espinosa R, Solís-Marín FA et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2014.09.007
Confusion will be my epitaph: genome-scale discordance stifles phylogenetic resolution of Holothuroidea.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2023Mongiardino Koch N, Tilic E, Miller AK et al.DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.0988
Dendrochirotida (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) from the northeastern coast of Brazil.Zootaxa · 2020Prata J, DE Castro Manso CL, Christoffersen MLDOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4755.3.1
Afrocucumis africana (Semper, 1867) (Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida:Cladolabidae), new addition to the holothuroid fauna of Pakistan.Zootaxa · 2023Shaikh I, Ali QM, Thandar A et al.DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5343.1.4

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Wikidata facts

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taxon name: Holothuroidea
Commons category: Holothuroidea
taxon common name: sjøpølser

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Thelenota ananas, a giant sea cucumber from the Indo-Pacific tropics

Sea cucumbers are echinoderms from the class Holothuroidea (/ˌhɒləˌθjʊəˈrɔɪdiə, ˌhoʊlə-/ HOL-ə-thyuu-ROY-dee-ə, HOH-lə-). They are benthic marine animals found on the sea floor worldwide, and the number of known holothuroid species worldwide is about 1,786, with the greatest number being in the Asia–Pacific region. Sea cucumbers serve a useful role in the marine ecosystem as detritivores who help recycle nutrients, breaking down detritus and other organic matter, after which microbes can continue the decomposition process.