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marine animals found on the sea
floor worldwide, and the
number of
known holothuroid species worldwide is
about 1,786, with the
greatest number being in the...
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madreporite may be on the oral
surface and the
podia lack suckers. In
holothuroids, the
system is reduced,
often with few tube feet
other than the specialised...
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species gains one of its
names from its close-knit
relationship with
holothuroids, the sea cu****bers. L.
orbicularis should not be
confused with L. laevis...
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collected from one
single specimen.
Another parasite often found in this
holothuroid is the worm
pearlfish (Encheliophis vermicularis). T.
ananas feeds exclusively...
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dioecious with ****es in
separate individuals.
Unlike other echinoderms,
holothuroids possess only a
single gonad. The
water vascular system of holot****ans...
- Guanzhu; He, Jianguo; Wang,
Muhua (2022). "The
genome of an
apodid holothuroid (Chiridota heheva)
provides insights into its
adaptation to a deep-sea...
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their movement. The
great variation of this
appendage throughout the
Holothuroid family suggests that this
adaptation is
significant in
allowing species...
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internal organs or a
toxin into the
water when stressed. Sea
apples are
holothuroids, and as such
share many of the same
physical characteristics. A few notable...
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distinct white spots, and can be wrinkled.
Although the
bivium is hard, all
holothuroids have a
reduced skeleton of
isolated ossicles in the body wall. A distinct...
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changes as it matures, from
benthic invertebrates such as
crustaceans and
holothuroids when
young to
mesopelagic and
bathypelagic fish, sea
urchins and cephalopods...
