dcsimg
 
  en  
names in breadcrumbs
Image of Curryfish
Creatures » … » Animals » … » Echinoderms » …

Sea Cucumbers

Holothuroidea

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Holothuroidea
Class recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Reference taxon from EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Trunk
Dendrochirotacea Grube 1840 ex Pawson & Fell 1965
Recognized by OBIS environmental data records
Holothurioidea
Recognized by Fairbairn 2013
Holothuroidea
Class recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 0.9, Wikimedia Commons, Wikimedia Commons, wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia 한국어 위키백과, wikipedia DE, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, Wikidata, Wikidata, Wikidata, wikipedia FI, wikipedia NO, wikipedia UK, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, wikipedia PT, wikipedia TR, Aruba Species List, wikipedia ID, wikipedia EU, CITES, wikipedia AZ, wikipedia AF, wikipedia LT, wikipedia ET, wikipedia BR, wikipedia hr Croatian, wikipedia DA, wikipedia LA, wikipedia LA, wikipedia MS, wikipedia SK, wikipedia NN, wikipedia LV, wikipedia IS, wikipedia SL, wikipedia GA, NCBI, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, wikipedia EO, wikipedia IT, wikipedia ES, wikipedia EN, wikipedia emerging languages, wikipedia emerging_languages, EOL authors, wikipedia gl Galician, World Register of Marine Species, GBIF classification, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, wikipedia FR, Wikipedia (inferred records), Paleobiology Database, and Barcode of Life Data Systems
Holothuroidea
Recognized by iNaturalist, Timor Sea Species List, Adriatic Sea Species List, Molukka Sea Species List- duplicate, Aegean Sea Species List, Ceram Sea Species List, NMNH Invertebrate Zoology, Flickr Group, Flickr Group, CalPhotos, Egypt Species List, Conabio, Freshwater and Marine Image Bank U Washington, Animal Diversity Web, Animal Diversity Web, IABIN, Moorea Biocode, One Species at a Time Podcasts, IUCN, Australia Species List, Bermuda Species List, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Brazil Species List, Canada Species List, Chile Species List, China Species List, Colombia Species List, Djibouti Species List, Dominica Species List, Dominican Republic Species List, Ecuador Species List, El Salvador Species List, Federated States of Micronesia Species List, Fiji Species List, France Species List, Germany Species List, Greenland Species List, Guinea Bissau Species List, Ireland Species List, Italy Species List, Kiribati Species List, Marshall Islands Species List, Myanmar Species List, New Caledonia Species List, New Zealand Species List, Norway Species List, Panama Species List, Philippines Species List, Pitcairn Henderson Ducie and Oeno Islands, Portugal Species List, Qatar Species List, Russia Species List, Samoa Species List, Seychelles Species List, Solomon Islands Species List, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Spain Species List, Sweden Species List, Taiwan Species List, The Bahamas Species List, Turkmenistan Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Venezuela Species List, Vanuatu Species List, Japan Species List, Cuba Species List, English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, United States Species List, Aegean Sea Species List, Alboran Sea Species List, Andaman Sea Species List, Arabian Sea Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Baffin Bay Species List, Balearic Sea Species List, Bali Sea Species List, Arctic Ocean Species List, Banda Sea Species List, Barents Sea Species List, Bay of Biscay Species List, Bay of Bengal Species List, Bay of Fundy Species List, Beaufort Sea Species List, Bering Sea Species List, Bass Strait Species List, Bismarck Sea Species List, Black Sea Species List, Bristol Channel Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Celebes Sea Species List, Celtic Sea Species List, Ceram Sea Species List- duplicate, Chukchi Sea Species List, Coral Sea Species List, Davis Strait Species List, East Siberian Sea Species List, Eastern China Sea Species List, English Channel Species List, Flores Sea Species List, Great Australian Bight Species List, Greenland Sea Species List, Gulf of Aden Species List, Gulf of Alaska Species List, Gulf of Aqaba Species List, Gulf of Boni Species List, Gulf of Bothnia Species List, Gulf of California Species List, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Gulf of St Lawrence Species List, Gulf of Suez Species List, Gulf of Tomini Species List, Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Species, Gulf of Thailand Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Ionian Sea Species List, Irish Sea Species List, Java Sea Species List, Kara Sea Species List, Labrador Sea Species List, Laccadive Sea Species List, Laptev Sea Species List, Kattegat Species List, Makassar Strait Species List, Malacca Strait Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, Hudson Bay Species List, Halmahera Sea Species List, North Atlantic Species List, Molukka Sea Species List, North Pacific Species List, Northwestern Passages Species List, Norwegian Sea Species List, North Sea Species List, Persian Gulf Species List, Red Sea Species List, Savu Sea Species List, Sea of Japan Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Sea of Okhostk Species List, Seto Inland Sea Species List, Singapore Strait Species List, Skagerrak Species List, Solomon Sea Species List, South China Sea Species List, Yellow Sea Species List, Tyrrhenian Sea Species List, Sulu Sea Species List, Timor Sea Species List, Southern Ocean Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, Gulf of Oman Species List, Fairbairn 2013, Biopix Nature Photos, FAO Fishery Statistics, Smith 1937, Furui 2020, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, Furui 2020, ecology literature, Appeltans et al, and Adriatic Sea Species List

Alternative Names

Achistrulum Deflandre-Rigaud 1963
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Achistrum Hampton 1958
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Akaste Gistl 1847
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ambulacrites Rioult 1961
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Calcancorella Deflandre-Rigaud 1963
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Cancellrum Hampton 1958
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Canisia Mostler 1972
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Chiridotella Deflandre-Rigaud 1963
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Chirobaculus Frentzen 1964
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Cibrum Frentzen 1964
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Clarkina Soodan 1975
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Conisia
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Crucivirga
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Crux Frentzen 1964
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Cryptosyringida Smith 1984
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy (other, see comments)
Cucumariopsis Frentzen 1964
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Dendrochirotacea Grube 1840 ex Pawson & Fell 1965
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy (other, see comments)
Dictyobractites Kristan-Tollmann 1973
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Eostichopus Deichmann 1958
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Fletcherina Soodan 1975
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Frangeritus Mostler 1972
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Hannaina Soodan 1975
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Holothuridea
Obsolete variant according to Paleobiology Database
Holothurioidea
Synonym according to NCBI
Holothuroidea
Harvest ancestor according to SERPENT Project, Aruba Species List, Anguilla Species List, CITES, EOL authors, EOL authors, FAO Fishery Statistics, Queirós et al 2013, Reid et al, Mozambique Species List, Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species, World Register of Marine Species, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, Paleobiology Database, and literature body sizes metazoa
Holothuropsis
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Kaliobullites Kristan-Tollmann 1963
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Koteshwaria Tandon & Saxena 1977
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Kutchia Tandon & Saxena 1977
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ludwigia Mostler 1969
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Molpadioites Deflandre-Rigaud 1963
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Oxychomatus
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Parastaurocumites Zhang 1984
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pilichnia Chamberlain 1971
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Procucumaria Frentzen 1964
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Proholothuria Cuénot 1891
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Prostichopus Frentzen 1964
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Rynkatropa
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Schizoacanthotheelia Kozur & Sadeddin 1992
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sclerothupites
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Semicucumarites Sztejn 1994
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Spinrum Hampton 1958
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Synaptellus Deflandre-Rigaud 1963
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tomasovites Sztejn 1992
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Unicinulinoides Mostler 1968
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Zawidzkella Kozur 1980
Doubtful according to GBIF classification

Common Names

English

Sea cucumbers
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata
sea cucumbers preferred
Recognized by English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, World Register of Marine Species, gafftron, and admin
Sea Cucumbers
prefer
Recognized by CITES
sea cucumber
prefer
Recognized by Paleobiology Database

Arabic

خيار البحر preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Armenian

Հոլոթուրիաներ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Azerbaijani

Dəniz xiyarları preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Basque

Holoturia preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Belarusian

Галатурыі preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
Галятурыі
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata (prefers this name)

Bengali

সামুদ্রিক শসা preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Bosnian

Morski krastavci preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Bulgarian

Морски краставици preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Catalan; Valencian

Cogombre de mar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Corsican

Cazzu marinu preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Croatian

Trpovi preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Czech

Sumýši preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Danish

Søpølser preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Dutch; Flemish

Zeekomkommers preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
zeekomkommers
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Esperanto

Markukumo preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Estonian

Meripurad preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Finnish

Merimakkarat preferred
Recognized by Wikidata, christinaflann, and admin

French

holothuries preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
Concombres De Mer
prefer
Recognized by CITES

Galician

Holoturoideos preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Georgian

ჰოლოთურიები preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

German

Seegurke preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Αγγούρια της θάλασσας preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
Ολοθούρια
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata

Hebrew

מלפפון ים preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Hungarian

Tengeriuborkák preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Icelandic

Sæbjúgu preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Ido

Holoturio preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Indonesian

Teripang preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Irish

Cúcamar mara preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Italian

Cetrioli di mare preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
Oloturie
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata

Japanese

ナマコ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
ナマコ綱 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020, Furui 2020, piaf, and admin
ナマコ／海鼠綱
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Javanese

Teripang preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Kazakh

Golotwrïýler preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
Голотурийлер preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
گولوتۋرىييلەر preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Kirghiz; Kyrgyz

Голотуриялар preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Latvian

Jūras gurķi preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Lithuanian

Holoturijos preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Macedonian

Морски краставици preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Malay

Gamat preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Malayalam

കടൽ വെള്ളരി preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Navajo; Navaho

Táłtłʼááh chʼoshtsoh chʼééh digháhii preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Norwegian

sjøpølser preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Occitan (post 1500)

Oloturia preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Persian

خیار دریایی preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Polish

strzykwy preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Portuguese

pepino-do-mar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Quechua

Yaku kumar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Russian

Голотурии preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Serbian

морски краставац preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Slovak

Holotúrie preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Spanish; Castilian

Brizgači preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
Pepinos de mar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
Cohombros De Mar
prefer
Recognized by CITES

Swedish

Sjögurkor preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
sjögurkor
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Tamil

கடலட்டை preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Thai

ปลิงทะเล preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Turkish

Deniz hıyarları preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Ukrainian

Голотурії preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Unspecified

Balat preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
Holoturoideo preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
Trpovi preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Uzbek

Dengiz bodringlari preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Vietnamese

Hải sâm preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Zhuang; Chuang

Binghaij preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Azb

دنیز خیارلاری preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Hak

Hói-sêm preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Nan

Hái-sim preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Sr Ec

Морски краставац preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Sr El

Morski krastavac preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
show 61 more languages
hide 61 languages

Curated hierarchies for Holothuroidea

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Echinodermata
Echinozoa
Holothuroidea (this page)
Apodida
Dendrochirotida
Elasipodida
Holothuriida
Molpadida
Persiculida
Synallactida
Echinoidea

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 0.9

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Echinodermata
Echinozoa
Holothuroidea (this page)
Acanthocaudina Mostler 1970
Apodida Brandt 1835
Arkarua Gehling 1987
Aspidochirotida Grube 1840
Calclyra Frizzell & Exline 1955
Dendrochirotida Grube 1840
Elasipodida
Enyplastes ecalcarea (Sluiter 1901)
Holothuroidea incertae sedis
Molpadida Haeckel 1896
Ocellothuria Boczarowski 2001
Pararotasaccus Kozur & Mostler 1989
Pristopedatus frizzeli Said & Barakat
Psychrelpida discrepans (Sluiter 1901)
Sclerothurites Deflandre-Rigaud 1963
Semperites Mostler 1970
Staurocumites Deflandre-Rigaud 1952
Stereodema munita (Sluiter 1901)
Thuroholia cribriformis Guschick 1954
Thuroholia croneisi Gutschick
Thuroholia marginata Langenheim & Epis 1957
Triradites Mostler 1969
Trochodonta dunedinensis (Parker)
Uniramosa Kozur & Mock 1972
Echinoidea
Ophiocistioidea

GBIF classification

Animalia
Echinodermata
Holothuroidea (this page)
Acanthocaudina Mostler 1970
Alexandrites Kristan-Tollmann 1964
Apodida
Arkarua Gehling 1987
Arthrochirotida
Bathysynactites Cherbonnier 1976
Calclyra Frizzell & Exline 1955
Dendrochirotida
Elasipodida
Enyplastes ecalcarea (Sluiter 1901)
Holothuriida
Kozurellidae
Molpadida
Oesolcucumaria Botting & Muir 2012
Ornaticannula Deflandre-Rigaud 1963
Pararotasaccus Kozur & Mostler 1989
Parvispina Kornicker & Imbrie 1958
Persiculida
Pristopedatus frizzeli Said & Barakat
Psychrelpida discrepans (Sluiter 1901)
Punctatitidae
Rotasaccidae
Sclerothurites Deflandre-Rigaud 1963
Semperites Mostler 1970
Staurocumites Deflandre-Rigaud 1952
Stereodema munita (Sluiter 1901)
Stichopitidae
Synallactida
Triradites Mostler 1969
Trochodonta dunedinensis (Parker)
Uniramosa Kozur & Mock 1972
Volchoviidae
Achradocystites Volborth 1870
Aenigmatocystis Clark 1925
Agelacrinitidae
Ambolostomatidae
Amygdalocystidae
Ascocystites Barrande 1887
Asperellacystis Stukalina & Hints 1987
Asteroblastidae
Asteroidea
Astrocystites Whiteaves 1897
Astrocystitidae
Ataxiacrinus Lyon 1869
Belochthus Bell 1976
Bolboporites Pander 1830
Branzoviella Prokop & Petr 2002
Cadiscocrinus Kirk 1945
Calliasterellidae
Callocystitidae
Camptostroma Ruedemann 1933
Castericystis Ubaghs & Robison 1985
Ceratoblastidae
Ceratocystis Jaekel 1901
Cheirocrinidae
Cidaroblastus Hambach 1903
Clavidiscus Sumrall 1996
Coccocrinus Müller 1855
Codasteridae
Codonites Meek & Worthen 1869
Crinoidea
Crinosoma Castelnau 1843
Ctenocystidae
Cupressocrinus Agassiz 1836
Curvitriordo Bell 1976
Cymbionites Whitehouse 1941
Cystoblastidae
Dallonia Lambert 1916
Dendrocystitidae
Dolichoblastus Breimer & Macurda 1972
Drepanocrinus Jaekel 1918
Echinasterella Stürtz 1890
Echinoidea
Echinosphaeritidae
Edrioasteridae
Eldonia Walcott 1911
Emuhablastus Waters, Maples, Lane, Marcus, Liao, Liu, Hou & Wang 2003
Eocystites Hartt 1868
Eucladiidae
Giganticlavus Sumrall & Bowsher 1996
Goniasteroidocrinus Lyon & Casseday 1859
Grabauicrinus Waters, Maples, Lane, Marcus, Liao, Liu, Hou & Wang 2003
Helicoplacidae
Hemicystitidae
Hemipalaeaster Foerste 1919
Hypsiclavus Sumrall 1996
Idiocrinus Wachsmuth & Springer 1892
Imperatoria de Gregorio 1930
Inyoaster Phleger 1936
Julieticrinus Waters, Maples, Lane, Marcus, Liao, Liu, Hou & Wang 2003
Lanxocolumnus Donovan 1995
Lebetodiscidae
Lepidocystis Foerste 1938
Lobocarpus Ubaghs 1998
Macrocystellidae
Mesocystidae
Mitrocystitidae
Nymphaeoblastidae
Oanducystis Stukalina 1979
Ocellothuria Boczarowski 2001
Ophiuroidea
Ophiurus Link 1807
Orophocrinidae
Pachyblastus Breimer & Macurda 1972
Peltocystidae
Platycystites Miller 1889
Pleurocystitidae
Pogocrinus Gagnebin 1930
Protocrinitidae
Prototiara Lambert 1897
Rectitriordo Bell 1976
Rhenopyrgidae
Rhopalocystidae
Rutroclypeidae
Sarsella Pomel 1883
Scoteinocystis Ubaghs 1998
Scyphocrinus Hall 1847
Shumardocrinus Miller & Gurley 1895
Sinclairocystis Bassler 1950
Solacolumnus Donovan 1995
Sollasinidae
Sphaeronitidae
Spiraclavus Sumrall 1992
Squamaster Ringueberg 1886
Strimplecystis Bassler 1950
Stromatocystitidae
Teratocrinus Wanner 1924
Tetraster Nicholson & Etheridge 1880
Totiglobus Bell & Sprinkle 1978
Tylocrinus Wood 1904
Westgardellidae
Zeacrinus Hall 1858
281 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Echinodermata Bruguière 1791
Echinozoa Haeckel 1895
Holothuroidea (this page)
Apodida Brandt 1835
Dendrochirotida Grube 1840
Elasipodida Théel 1882
Holothuriida Miller, Kerr, Paulau, Reich, Wilson, Caravajal & Rouse 2017
Molpadida Haeckel 1896
Persiculida Miller, Kerr, Paulau, Reich, Wilson, Caravajal & Rouse 2017
Synallactida Miller, Kerr, Paulau, Reich, Wilson, Caravajal & Rouse 2017
Echinoidea Leske 1778

IUCN

Animalia
Echinodermata
Holothuroidea (this page)
Aspidochirotida
Echinoidea

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Echinodermata
Eleutherozoa
Echinozoa
Holothuroidea (this page)
Apodacea
Aspidochirotacea
Dendrochirotacea
unclassified Holothuroidea
Echinoidea

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Echinodermata
Holothuroidea (this page)
Actinopoda Ludwig 1891
Apodida
Apodida Brandt 1835
Arthrochirotacea Smirnov 2012
Arthrochirotida
Arthrochirotida Seilacher 1961
Dendrochirotida
Dendrochirotida Grube 1840
Elasipodida
Elasipodida Théel 1882
Holothuriida
Holothuriida Miller, Kerr, Paulay, Reich, Wilson, Carvajal & Rouse 2017
Molpadida
Molpadida Haeckel 1896
Paleopentacta
Paleopentacta Applegate, Buitrón-Sánchez, Solís-Marín & Laguarda-Figueras 2009
Paractinopoda Ludwig 1891
Parapsolus
Parapsolus Applegate, Buitrón-Sánchez, Solís-Marín & Laguarda-Figueras 2009
Persiculida
Persiculida Miller, Kerr, Paulay, Reich, Wilson, Carvajal & Rouse 2017
Protocaudinidae
Stichopitidae
Synallactida
Synallactida Miller, Kerr, Paulay, Reich, Wilson, Carvajal & Rouse 2017
Asteroidea
Asterozoa
Crinoidea
Crinozoa
Echinoidea
Echinoidea Leske 1778
Echinozoa
Ophiuroidea
Ophiuroidea Gray 1840
Holothuroidea
Crinoidea
Asteroidea de Blainville 1830

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Echinodermata
Holothuroidea (this page)
Asteroidea
Asterozoa
Crinoidea
Crinozoa
Echinoidea
Echinoidea Leske 1778
Echinozoa
Holothuroidea
Ophiuroidea
Ophiuroidea Gray 1840
Crinoidea
Asteroidea de Blainville 1830
EOL is hosted by: