| Cucumaria | |
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| Cucumaria miniata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Holothuroidea |
| Order: | Dendrochirotida |
| Family: | Cucumariidae |
| Genus: | Cucumaria Blainville, 1830 [1] |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Cucumaria is a genus of sea cucumbers.
The following species are recognised in the genus Cucumaria. [1]
Holothuria is the type genus of the marine animal family Holothuriidae, part of the class Holothuroidea, commonly known as sea cucumbers. Members of the genus are found in coastal waters in tropical and temperate regions. They are soft-bodied, limbless invertebrates which dwell on the ocean floor and are usually detritivores. They resemble a cucumber in form. The genus contains some species that are harvested and sold as food.
The Stichopodidae are a family of sea cucumbers, part of the order Synallactida.
Botrylloides is a genus of ascidian tunicates in the family Styelidae.
Eulimidae is a family of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Vanikoroidea.
Cucumariidae is a family of sea cucumbers, marine animals with elongated bodies, leathery skins and tentacles that are found on the sea bed.
Aplidium is a genus of colonial sea squirts, tunicates in the family Polyclinidae. There are about 188 species in the genus found in shallow waters around the world.
Peniagone is a genus of deep-sea sea cucumbers in the family Elpidiidae. Peniagone wyvillii is the type species.
Labidodemas is a genus of marine sea cucumbers in the family Holothuriidae. The genus was erected by Emil Selenka in 1867.
Polyclinum is a genus of colonial sea squirts, tunicates in the family Polyclinidae.
Isostichopus is a genus of sea cucumbers.
Chiridota is a genus of sea cucumbers in the family Chiridotidae. It is an extant genus but some fossil species are known.
Psolus is a genus of sea cucumbers in the family Psolidae, marine animals with long bodies, leathery skins and tentacles, that inhabit the sea bed.
Leptopentacta is a genus of sea cucumbers in the family Cucumariidae.
Eupentacta is a genus of sea cucumbers found in coastal waters in tropical and temperate regions.
Thyone is a genus of sea cucumbers in the family Phyllophoridae.
Mesothuria is a genus of sea cucumbers belonging to the family Synallactidae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.
Molpadiodemas is a genus of sea cucumbers belonging to the monotypic family Molpadiodemidae. The genus has an almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Pseudostichopus is a genus of sea cucumbers belonging to the monotypic family Pseudostichopodidae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.
Synallactes is a genus of sea cucumbers in the family Synallactidae. The type species of this genus is Synallactes alexandri.
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