Friday, December 2, 2011

What is the Scientific name for the sea cucumber?

Kingdom: Animalia


Phylum: Echinodermata


Subphylum: Echinozoa


Class: Holothuroidea





|||(Sea cucumbers)





Phylum: Echinodermata





Class: Holothuroidea





Number of families: 25





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Worm-like echinoderms with a mouth surrounded by feeding tentacles and often a reduced skeleton of microscopic ossicles





Scientific classification


Kingdom: Animalia


Phylum: Echinodermata


Subphylum: Echinozoa


Class: Holothuroidea


Orders





* Subclass Apodacea


o Apodida


o Molpadiida


* Subclass Aspidochirotacea


o Aspidochirotida


o Elasipodida


* Subclass Dendrochirotacea


o Dactylochirotida


o Dendrochirotida


|||Echidnoderm of the Class Holothuroidia|||seaus cucumberus

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