Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Echinozoa

Holothuroidea

Rank: Class
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Apodida Brandt, 1835
Aspidochirotida Grube, 1840
Dendrochirotida Grube, 1840
Elasipodida Théel, 1882
Molpadida Haeckel, 1896

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: zeekomkommers sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: sea cucumbers sources: Hayward, P.J.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1996). Collins pocket guide: sea shore of Britain and Europe. Collins pocket guides. Harper-Collins Publishers: London, UK. ISBN 0-00-219955-6. 352 pp.

English-United States: sea cucumbers sources: Charles Hussey

Swedish: sjögurkor

Literature

basis of record	Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 336-351
identification resource	Purcell, S.W., Samyn, Y. & Conand, C. (2013). Commercially important sea cucumbers of the world. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 6. Rome, FAO. 2012. 150 pp. 30 colour plates

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Citation

Paulay, G. (2014). Holothuroidea. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123083