Holothuria is a genus of marine animals of Holothuroidea, found in tropical and temperate regions coastal waters. They are soft bodied, armless invertebrates that dwell on the ocean floor, the form resembles a cucumber

Cucumber

The cucumber is a widely cultivated plant in the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, which includes squash, and in the same genus as the muskmelon. The plant is a creeping vine which bears cylindrical edible fruit when ripe. There are three main varieties of cucumber: "slicing", "pickling", and...

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The genus contains some species that are harvested and sold as sea cucumber

Sea cucumber (food)

Sea cucumbers are marine animals of the class Holothuroidea used in fresh or dried form in various cuisines.The creature and the food product is commonly known as bêche-de-mer in French, trepang in Indonesian, namako in Japanese and in the Philippines it is called balatan...

. The description of the species was published by Carl Linnaeus in 1767.

Species

• Holothuria arguinensis
• Holothuria atra
  Holothuria atra
  Holothuria atra is an aquatic organism in the Holothuriidae family.-References:*C. Conand, Asexual reproduction by fission in Holothuria atra : variability of some parameters in populations from the tropical Indo-Pacific, Oceanologica acta, 1996, vol. 19, no 3-4, pp. 189-475 , pp. 209-216....
  
  
• Holothuria caparti
• Holothuria carere Honey-Escandon, Solis-Marin & Laguarda-Figueras, 2011
• Holothuria dakarensis
• Holothuria edulis
• Holothuria forskali
  Holothuria forskali
  Holothuria forskali, the black sea cucumber or cotton-spinner, is a species of sea cucumber in the family Holothuriidae. It is found at shallow depths in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...
  
  
• Holothuria glaberrima Selenka, 1867
• Holothuria mammata
• Holothuria mexicana
  Holothuria mexicana
  Holothuria mexicana, also known as the Donkey Dung sea cucumber is commonly found in the Caribbean. It is a commercially important aspidochirote sea cucumber that can reach a total length of .-Description:...
  
  
• Holothuria nobilis
• Holothuria pardalis
• Holothuria polii
• Holothuria sanctori
• Holothuria scabra
  Holothuria scabra
  Holothuria scabra, or the sandfish, is a species of sea cucumber in the family Holothuriidae. It was placed in the subgenus Metriatyla by Rowe in 1969 and is the type species of the subgenus...
  
  
• Holothuria tubulosa