Friday, December 2, 2011

What species is a sea cucumber?

Tere are different species of sea cucumbers, f.e.:





Californian sea cucumber, Parastichopus californicus


taxonomy:


Domain Eukarya


Kingdom Animalia


Phylum Echinodermata


Class Holothuroidea


Order Aspidochirotida


Family Stichopodidae


Genus Parastichopus


Species californicus


Common Name: California Sea Cucumber





Orange Sea Cucumber, Cucumaria miniata


http://www.racerocks.com/racerock/eco/ta鈥?/a>





Impatient Sea Cucumber, Sea Cucumber, Holothuria impatiens


http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/H/Holothur鈥?/a>|||Sea cucumbers are animals, not plants -- they're related to starfish. And there are a number of them, so you really can't specify a single species.





They are holothurians, members of class Holothuriodae


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_cucumbe鈥?/a> and found in various subclasses and families in the class. The zoologists (animal specialists) will probably be more useful to you on this than we botanists (plant specialists).

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