Sea Cucumber

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Sea cucumbers are echinodermes. Some live on the ocean floor; others are planktonic and float with the currents. They play a role in filtering ocean water and are important to marine ecosystems.

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Mary Robinson

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Sea cucumbers are echinodermes. Some live on the ocean floor; others are planktonic and float with the currents. They play a role in filtering ocean water and are important to marine ecosystems.

Sea cucumber - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sea cucumbers are echinoderms from the class Holothuroidea. They are marine animals with a leathery skin and an elongated body containing a single, branched gonad.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_cucumber
Sea Cucumber - Echinoderm - Britannica

Sea cucumberÂ (classÂ Holothuroidea),Â any of 1,200 species of marine invertebrates that constitute a class within the phylum Echinodermata.
http://www.britannica.com/animal/sea-cucumber
Sea Cucumber Facts - Encyclopedia

sea cucumber any of the flexible, elongated echinoderms belonging to the class Holothuroidea.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/sea_cucumber.aspx
Sea Cucumber - HowStuffWorks

The sea cucumber is an echinoderm shaped like a cucumber or sausage, related to the starfish and the sea urchin. Learn more about the sea cucumber.
http://animals.howstuffworks.com/marine-life
Sea Cucumber Pictures and Facts - National Geographic

Learn all you wanted to know about sea cucumbers with pictures, videos, photos, facts, and news from National Geographic.
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/sea-cucumber
Johnson's Sea Cucumber - Parastichopus johnsoni - Monterey Bay Aquarium

Sea cucumbers are soft-bodied and live at all ocean depths, from the shallows to the abyss.
http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animal-guide/invertebrates/johnsons-sea-cucumber
Sea Cucumber Facts and Information

Some live on the ocean floor and others a planktonic, meaning that they float in the ocean with the currents.
https://www.nwf.org/Wildlife/Wildlife-Library/Invertebrates/Sea-Cucumber.aspx
Sea Cucumber Facts for Kids

Sea cucumbers belong to the group of animals called echinoderms. Their closest relatives are starfish and sea urchins.
http://www.softschools.com/facts/animals/sea_cucumber_facts/478
Elasipodida - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Elasipodida is an order of sea cucumbers. They are somewhat unusual in appearance, in comparison with other sea cucumbers, having numerous appendages, including conical papillae and leaf-like tentacles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elasipodida
Dendrochirotida - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

ndrochirotida are an order of sea cucumbers. Members of this order have branched tentacles and are suspension feeders. Examples include Thyonella and Cucumaria.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendrochirotida
Aspidochirotida - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

They are distinguished from other sea cucumbers by the presence of flattened, often leaf-like tentacles, but without the other large appendages found in the related order Elasipodida.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspidochirotida
Apodida - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Apodida is an order of littoral to deep-sea, largely infaunal holothurians. This order comprises three families, 32 genera and about 270 known species, called apodids.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apodida
Pelagothuria natatrix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pelagothuria natatrix is a species of sea cucumber, in the family Pelagothuriidae. It may be the strangest species of its kind, as it looks like a jellyfish and is the only pelagic echinoderm known to date.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelagothuria_natatrix

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Sea cucumber Temporal range: Middle Ordovician-present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

A sea cucumber (Actinopyga echinites), displaying its feeding tentacles and tube feet
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Subphylum:	Echinozoa
Class:	Holothuroidea Blainville, 1834
Orders
Apodida Brandt, 1835 †Arthrochirotida Seilacher, 1961 Dendrochirotida Grube, 1840 Elasipodida Théel, 1882 Holothuriida Miller, Kerr, Paulay, Reich, Wilson, Carvajal & Rouse, 2017 Molpadida Haeckel, 1896 Persiculida Miller, Kerr, Paulay, Reich, Wilson, Carvajal & Rouse, 2017 Synallactida Miller, Kerr, Paulay, Reich, Wilson, Carvajal & Rouse, 2017

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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Sea cucumber - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sea cucumbers are echinoderms from the class Holothuroidea. They are marine animals with a leathery skin and an elongated body containing a single, branched gonad.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_cucumber
Sea Cucumber - Echinoderm - Britannica

Sea cucumberÂ (classÂ Holothuroidea),Â any of 1,200 species of marine invertebrates that constitute a class within the phylum Echinodermata.
http://www.britannica.com/animal/sea-cucumber
Sea Cucumber Facts - Encyclopedia

sea cucumber any of the flexible, elongated echinoderms belonging to the class Holothuroidea.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/sea_cucumber.aspx
Sea Cucumber - HowStuffWorks

The sea cucumber is an echinoderm shaped like a cucumber or sausage, related to the starfish and the sea urchin. Learn more about the sea cucumber.
http://animals.howstuffworks.com/marine-life
Sea Cucumber Pictures and Facts - National Geographic

Learn all you wanted to know about sea cucumbers with pictures, videos, photos, facts, and news from National Geographic.
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/sea-cucumber
Johnson's Sea Cucumber - Parastichopus johnsoni - Monterey Bay Aquarium

Sea cucumbers are soft-bodied and live at all ocean depths, from the shallows to the abyss.
http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animal-guide/invertebrates/johnsons-sea-cucumber
Sea Cucumber Facts and Information

Some live on the ocean floor and others a planktonic, meaning that they float in the ocean with the currents.
https://www.nwf.org/Wildlife/Wildlife-Library/Invertebrates/Sea-Cucumber.aspx
Sea Cucumber Facts for Kids

Sea cucumbers belong to the group of animals called echinoderms. Their closest relatives are starfish and sea urchins.
http://www.softschools.com/facts/animals/sea_cucumber_facts/478
Elasipodida - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Elasipodida is an order of sea cucumbers. They are somewhat unusual in appearance, in comparison with other sea cucumbers, having numerous appendages, including conical papillae and leaf-like tentacles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elasipodida
Dendrochirotida - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

ndrochirotida are an order of sea cucumbers. Members of this order have branched tentacles and are suspension feeders. Examples include Thyonella and Cucumaria.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendrochirotida
Aspidochirotida - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

They are distinguished from other sea cucumbers by the presence of flattened, often leaf-like tentacles, but without the other large appendages found in the related order Elasipodida.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspidochirotida
Apodida - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Apodida is an order of littoral to deep-sea, largely infaunal holothurians. This order comprises three families, 32 genera and about 270 known species, called apodids.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apodida
Pelagothuria natatrix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pelagothuria natatrix is a species of sea cucumber, in the family Pelagothuriidae. It may be the strangest species of its kind, as it looks like a jellyfish and is the only pelagic echinoderm known to date.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelagothuria_natatrix

Sea cucumber Temporal range: Middle Ordovician-present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

A sea cucumber (Actinopyga echinites), displaying its feeding tentacles and tube feet
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Subphylum:	Echinozoa
Class:	Holothuroidea Blainville, 1834
Orders
Apodida Brandt, 1835 †Arthrochirotida Seilacher, 1961 Dendrochirotida Grube, 1840 Elasipodida Théel, 1882 Holothuriida Miller, Kerr, Paulay, Reich, Wilson, Carvajal & Rouse, 2017 Molpadida Haeckel, 1896 Persiculida Miller, Kerr, Paulay, Reich, Wilson, Carvajal & Rouse, 2017 Synallactida Miller, Kerr, Paulay, Reich, Wilson, Carvajal & Rouse, 2017

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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Sea Cucumber

Sea cucumbers are echinodermes. Some live on the ocean floor; others are planktonic and float with the currents. They play a role in filtering ocean water and are important to marine ecosystems.

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