Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Echinozoa > Class Holothuroidea > Subclass Actinopoda > Order Holothuriida

Holothuriidae Burmeister, 1837

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Actinopyga Bronn, 1860
Fistularia Forsskål, 1775
Holothuria Linnaeus, 1767

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Japanese: クロナマコ

Literature

original description

Burmeister, Hermann. (1837). Handbuch der Naturgeschichte. Zum Gebrauch bei Vorlesungen. Zweite Abtheilung: Zoologie.. [book]. xii + pp. 858 [Zoology 369-858] T.C.F. Enslin, Berlin.

identification resource

Rowe, F. W. E. (1969). A review of the family Holothuriidae (Holothurioidea: Aspidochirotida). Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) (Zool.). 18(4): 119-170.

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Holothuriidae Burmeister, 1837. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=731943

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2025-03-07 by Gustav Paulay

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