Holothuroidea


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Holothuroidea

[‚häl·ō‚thu̇·rē′ȯid·ē·ə]
(invertebrate zoology)
The sea cucumbers, a class of the subphylum Echinozoa characterized by a cylindrical body and smooth, leathery skin.
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Growth of Actinopyga echinites and Holothuria scabra (Holothuroidea: Echinodermata) and their fisheries potential (as beche-de-mer) in Papua New Guinea.
Feeding response of the dendrochirote sea cucumber Cucumaria frondosa (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) to changing food concentrations in the laboratory.
Larval development of Cucumaria elongata (Echinodermata, Holothuroidea).
Especies de equinodermos recientes (Echinodermata: Crinoidea, Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea, Echinoidea y Holothuroidea) conocidas para la Hispaniola.
(class Asteroidea), and Stichopus mollis (class Holothuroidea) were collected from Island Bay, Wellington, New Zealand (latitude 41 [degrees]20'S, longitude 174[degrees]46'E) on different days from September 2007 to March 2008, at depths of 2-3 m.
magellanicus 2.80/3.54 1.75/3,94 0.86/5.70 BIVALVIA Zygochlamys patagonica 66.33/15.19 60.88/22.48 25.55 /l2.40 MALACOSTRACA Serolis schytei -- -- -- Eurypodius latreillei 0.15/1.10 -- -- Libidoclaea granaria 0.55/4.09 0.43/5.53 0.20/4.52 HOLOTHUROIDEA Psolus patagonicus 0.13/2.14 0.09/2.88 -- Pseudocnus dubiosus leoninus 0.13/2.15 -- 0.01/1.32 ECHINOIDEA Austrocidaris canaliculata 1.21/4.99 0.53/2.22 0.48/3.31 Sterechinus agassizi 1.17/1.67 0.18/0.90 0.08/1.28 ASTEROIDEA Calvptraster sp.
Entre los moluscos se han reconocido 1526 especies de la Clase Gastropoda, 553 de la Clase Bivalvia y 20 de la Clase Cephalopoda (Keen 1971, Brusca 1980, Hendrickx y Brusca 2005), de equinodermos se conocen 63 especies de la Clase Asteroidea, 47 de Echinoidea y 57 de Holothuroidea (Holguin-Quinones et al.
Development and metamorphosis of two psolid sea cucumbers, Psolus chitonoides and Psolidum bullatum, with a review of reproductive patterns in the family Psolidae (Holothuroidea: Echinodermata).Mar.
Campana de educacion ambiental para la conservacion y proteccion del pepino de mar (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) en 15 comunidades del Archipielago de Bocas del Toro y Peninsula Valiente.
Aspects of the reproductive biology of Cucumaria frondosa (Gunnerus, 1770) and Psolus fabricii (Duben and Koren, 1846) (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) in shallow waters of the Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland.