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Thelenota ananas, a giant sea cucumber from the Indo-Pacific tropics. Sea cucumbers are echinoderms from the class Holothuroidea (/ ˌhɒləˌθjʊəˈrɔɪdiə, ˌhoʊ -/ HOL-ə-thure-OY-dee-ə, HOHL-). They are marine animals with a leathery skin and an elongated body containing a single, branched gonad. They are found on the sea floor worldwide.
Cloaca. A cloaca (/ kloʊˈeɪkə / ⓘ kloh-AY-kə), pl.: cloacae (/ kloʊˈeɪsi / kloh-AY-see or / kloʊˈeɪki / kloh-AY-kee), is the rear orifice that serves as the only opening for the digestive, reproductive, and urinary tracts (if present) of many vertebrate animals. All amphibians, reptiles, birds, and a few mammals (monotremes ...
Stichopus japonicus var. typicus Théel, 1886. Stichopus roseus Augustin, 1908. Apostichopus japonicus is a species of sea cucumber in the family Stichopodidae. [2] It is found in shallow temperate waters along the coasts of south east Asia and is commonly known as the Japanese spiky sea cucumber or the Japanese sea cucumber.
Colochirus robustus, commonly known as the robust sea cucumber or the yellow sea cucumber, is a species of sea cucumber in the family Cucumariidae. It is found in shallow seas in tropical parts of the central Indo-Pacific region. C. robustus belongs to the class Holothuroidea, a group of echinoderms called sea cucumbers and known for unusual ...
Sea cucumbers as food. Sea cucumbers are marine animals of the class Holothuroidea. They can be used as food, in fresh or dried form, in various cuisines. In some cultural contexts the sea cucumber is thought to have medicinal value. The creature and the food product are commonly known as bêche-de-mer in French, from Portuguese bicho do mar ...
Sea cucumbers within the family Chiridotidae, feed on benthic sediments causing a change within the stability and stratification of the sediment. The benthic sediments that they consume as food contain fungal, bacterial, and detrital organic matter. The availability of food is the main driver for the Chiridotidae to move around the seafloor.
L. dolabrifera. Binomial name. Leptosynapta dolabrifera. Stimpson, 1855. Leptosynapta dolabrifera, the snot sea cucumber, is a small sea cucumber under the class Holothuroidea (1), in the family Synaptidae. It is most closely related to another species in its genus of 34 species Leptosynapta known as Leptosynapta inhaerens.
Stichopus cylindricus Haacke, 1880. Stichopus hirotai Mitsukuri, 1912. Stichopus chloronotus is a species of sea cucumber. Common names include the greenfish sea cucumber, the spiky sea cucumber and the black knobby sea cucumber. [3] It is native to the Indo-Pacific region. It has a wide range and is abundant and the IUCN lists it as being of ...