Sea cucumber
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Sea cucumbers are echinoderms from the class Holothuroidea. They are benthic marine animals found on the sea floor worldwide, and the number of known holothuroid species worldwide is about 1,786, with
Thelenota ananas, a giant sea cucumber from the Indo-Pacific tropics
Details of the mouth with its tentacles.
Synaptula lamperti lives on sponges (here in Indonesia).
Synapta maculata, the longest known sea cucumber (Apodida).
Echinoderm
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An echinoderm is any animal of the phylum Echinodermata, which includes starfish, brittle stars, sea urchins, sand dollars and sea cucumbers, as well as the sessile sea lilies or "stone lilies". While
Sea cucumber
…Sea cucumbers are echinoderms from the class Holothuroidea ( HOL-ə-thyuu-ROY-dee-ə, HOH-lə-). They are benthic marine animals found on the sea floor worldwide, and the number of…
Echinoderm collage 2
A brittle star, Ophionereis reticulata
A sea cucumber, Stichopus chloronotus, from Malaysia
Starfish of varied colours