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WoRMS taxon details

Holothuroidea

Holothurian

AphiaID

123083 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123083)

Classification

Authority

de Blainville, 1834

Status

accepted

Rank

Class

Parent

Echinozoa

Synonymised names

Holothurioidea · unaccepted (Spelling variation?)

Holothuroides · unaccepted (name change not accepted by...)

name change not accepted by scientific community

Direct children (10)

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Subclass Actinopoda
Subclass Paractinopoda
Subclass Actinota accepted as Actinopoda
Subclass Dendrochirotacea accepted as Actinopoda (All recent evidence indicates this is not a subclass)
Subclass Elpidiacea accepted as Actinopoda
Subclass Holothuriacea accepted as Actinopoda
Subclass Paractinota accepted as Paractinopoda
Subclass Synaptacea accepted as Paractinopoda
Subclass Actinopoda incertae sedis (temporary name)
Subclass Holothuroidea incertae sedis (temporary name)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1834). Manuel d'actinologie ou de zoophytologie. F.G. Levroult. Paris: Strasbourg. 1-2: 1-644, pls. I-C., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9680581
page(s): 188 [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2025). Holothuroidea. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123083 on 2025-07-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2005-03-30 14:51:54Z

changed

Appeltans, Ward

2013-12-08 00:06:24Z

checked

Paulay, Gustav

2019-02-26 10:43:07Z

changed

Reich, Mike

2020-09-14 00:25:05Z

changed

Reich, Mike

2022-03-15 12:10:34Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1834). Manuel d'actinologie ou de zoophytologie. F.G. Levroult. Paris: Strasbourg. 1-2: 1-644, pls. I-C., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9680581
page(s): 188 [details]

original description (of Holothuroides) Telford, M.; Mooi, R. (1986). Echinoderms, Babel and the Confusion of Nomenclature. Systematic Biology. 35(2): 254-255., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/35.2.254
page(s): 255 [details]

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]

Identification resource

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]

Other

context source (PeRMS) Solís-Marín, F. A.; Alvarado, J. J.; Abreu-Pérez, M.; Aguilera, O.; Alió, J.; Bacallado-Aránega, J. J.; Barraza, E.; Benavides-Serrato, M.; Benítez-Villalobos, F.; Betancourt-Fernández, L.; Borges, M.; Brandt, M.; Brogger, M. I.; Borrero-Pérez, G. H.; Buitrón-Sánchez, E.; Campos, L. S.; Cantera, J.; Clemente, S.; Cohen-Renjifo, M.; Coppard, S.; Costa-Lotufo, L. V.; del Valle-García, R.; Díaz, Y.; Díaz de Vivar, M. E.; Díaz-Martínez, J. P.; Durán-González, A.; Epherra, L.; Escolar, M.; Francisco, V.; Freire, C. A.; García-Arrarás, E.; Gil, D. G.; Guarderas, P.; Hadel, V. F.; Hearn, A.; Hernández, J. C.; Hernández-Delgado, E. A.; Herrera-Moreno, A.; Herrero-Pérezrul, M. D.; Hooker, Y.; Honey-Escandón, M. B. I.; Lodeiros, C.; Luzuriaga, M.; Manso, C. L. C.; Martín, A.; Martinez, M. I.; Martínez, S.; Moro-Abad; Mutschke, E.; Navarro, J. C.; Neira, R.; Noriega, N.; Palleiro-Nayar, J. S.; Pérez, A. F.; Pérez-Ruzafa, A.; Prieto-Rios, E.; Reyes, J.; Rodríguez, R.; Rubilar, T.; Sancho-Mejía, T.; Sangil, C.; Silva, J. R. M. C.; Sonnenholzner, J. I.; Ventura, C. R.; Tablado, A.; Tavares, Y.; Tiago, C. G.; Tuya, F.;Williams, S. M. (2013). Appendix. In: J. J. Alvarado & F. A. Solís-Marín (eds), Echinoderm Research and Diversity in Latin America. pp. 471-510. Springer; Berlin & Heidelberg. page(s): 543-654. [details]

additional source Reich, M. (2015). Supplement 2 to “How many species of fossil holothurians are there?”. Zitteliana A. 55: 121-122., available online at https://doi.org/10.5282/ubm/epub.26939 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Reich, M. (2014). Supplement to: 'How many species of fossil holothurians are there ?'. Göttingen Contributions to Geosciences. 77: 161-162., available online at https://doi.org/10.3249/webdoc-3926 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Reich, M. (2013). How many species of fossil holothurians are there ? In: Johnson, C., ed.: Echinoderms in a Changing World. pp. 23-51; Boca Raton / London / New York / Leiden (CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1201/b13769-5 [details] Available for editors

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