Saturday, November 19, 2011

What is the scientific classification for california sea cucumber?

Kingdom=Animalia


PHylum=Echinodermata


Class=Holdthuroidea


ORder=Apodacea


Family=


genus=


Species=|||Scientific classification: Sea cucumbers make up the class Holothuroidae, of the phylum Echinodermata. The brown sea cucumber is classified as Thyrone briareus|||There are a number of different sea cucumbers


in California. Without some description, it is not


possible to give a complete classification. The


Class of sea cucumbers is Holothurioidea, the


Order Apoda (=Apodacea) is a small Order, but


includes more than one California species. One


of the common families of the Apoda is the


family Synaptidae, and Leptosynapta is a well-


known genus of that family. Leptosynapta is a


burrowing cucumber with a thin body wall, almost transparent in the living animal.

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