The sea cucumbers: echinoderms with a soft, elongated, cylindrical body and greatly reduced internal skeleton, unlike the rigid tests of their urchin and star relatives. Holothuroidea are important sediment-processing detritivores on the sea floor, and several species are gathered as a food and traditional-medicine commodity.
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Member Species/Taxa CountApproximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized. Taxonomic Rank Scientific Name Classification
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Source Wikidata: California Sea Cucumber
Source Holothuria Edulis (Wikidata)
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1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ127470, descriptionView the Source 2. Catalogue of Life
Wikidata: Holothuroidea
Wikidata Q127470, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Wikidata: Sea Pig
Parent Taxon Of: Sea Pig, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Holothuria Edulis (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Holothuria Edulis, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Wikidata: California Sea Cucumber
Parent Taxon Of: California Sea Cucumber, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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