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WoRMS taxon details

Holothuroidea 
AphiaID: 123083

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Edited by Database Management Team
Rank Class
Parent Echinozoa
Synonymised
taxa		  Holothurioidea (Spelling variation?)
Sources  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 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Massin, Claude (look up in IMIS) [details]

from synonym: Madsen, F.J.; Hansen, B. (1994). Echinodermata Holothurioidea. Marine invertebrates of Scandinavia, 9. Scandinavian University Press: Oslo, Norway. ISBN 82-00-03936-6. 143 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]

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, available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/017/i1918e/i1918e.pdf [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Dutch zeekomkommers  [details]
English sea cucumbers  [details]
Swedish sjögurkor  [details]
Direct child
taxa		 Order Apodida
Order Aspidochirotida
Order Dactylochirotida
Order Dendrochirotida
Order Elasipodida
Order Molpadida

Order Apoda accepted as Apodida
Order Aspidochirota accepted as Aspidochirotida
Order Dendrochirota accepted as Dendrochirotida
Subclass Dendrochirotacea (unaccepted, All recent evidence indicates this is not a subclass)
Order Molpadiida accepted as Molpadida
Environment marine
Distribution Banc d'Arguin (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Feedingtype  deposit feeder [details]
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Images 
Holothurian
Holothurian
added on 2007-06-01 - author: Danis, Bruno
qualitystatus: checked by Paulay, Gustav on 2012-11-09 13:48:36

Holothuroidea
Holothuroidea
added on 2011-04-20 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Catriona Day ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123083
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2005-03-30 14:51:54Z  changed  Appeltans, Ward
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Holothuroidea. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123083 on 2013-05-21
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