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Holothuriidae Burmeister 1837

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Holothuriidae Burmeister 1837
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Holothuriidae
Family recognized by wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia FI, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, wikipedia ID, wikipedia AF, wikipedia BR, NCBI, wikipedia gl Galician, GBIF classification, NCBI GGBN GBIF BHL BOLDS data coverage, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia FR, CITES, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikipedia (inferred records), Wikimedia Commons, and Barcode of Life Data Systems
Holothuriidae
Recognized by Egypt Species List, IABIN, Moorea Biocode, Angola Species List, Antigua and Barbuda Species List, Barbados Species List, Australia Species List, Belize Species List, Bermuda Species List, Belgium Species List, Bonaire Saint Eustatius and Saba Species List, Brazil Species List, Cayman Islands Species List, China Species List, Christmas Island Species List, Cocos Islands Species List, Colombia Species List, Comoros Species List, Croatia Species List, Djibouti Species List, Dominican Republic Species List, Ecuador Species List, Faroe Islands Species List, Federated States of Micronesia Species List, Fiji Species List, France Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Greece Species List, Guam Species List, Honduras Species List, Ireland Species List, Isle of Man Species List, Israel Species List, Italy Species List, Jamaica Species List, Kiribati Species List, Madagascar Species List, Malawi Species List, Maldives Species List, Mariana Islands Species List, Marshall Islands Species List, Mauritius Species List, Mayotte Species List, Myanmar Species List, New Caledonia Species List, New Zealand Species List, Nicaragua Species List, Niue Species List, Norfolk Island Species List, Palau Species List, Panama Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Philippines Species List, Pitcairn Henderson Ducie and Oeno Islands, Portugal Species List, Puerto Rico Species List, Qatar Species List, Reunion Species List, Saint Martin Species List, Samoa Species List, Saudi Arabia Species List, Seychelles Species List, Singapore Species List, Solomon Islands Species List, South Africa Species List, Spain Species List, Taiwan Species List, Tanzania Species List, Thailand Species List, The Bahamas Species List, Sri Lanka Species List, Tonga Species List, Tunisia Species List, Turkey Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Venezuela Species List, US Virgin Islands Species List, Vanuatu Species List, Japan Species List, Cuba Species List, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, Andaman Sea Species List, Arabian Sea Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Balearic Sea Species List, Bali Sea Species List, Banda Sea Species List, Bay of Biscay Species List, Bay of Bengal Species List, Bass Strait Species List, Bismarck Sea Species List, Bristol Channel Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Celebes Sea Species List, Celtic Sea Species List, Ceram Sea Species List- duplicate, Coral Sea Species List, Eastern China Sea Species List, English Channel Species List, Flores Sea Species List, Great Australian Bight Species List, Greenland Sea Species List, Gulf of Aden Species List, Gulf of Aqaba Species List, Gulf of California Species List, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Gulf of Suez Species List, Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Species, Gulf of Thailand Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Irish Sea Species List, Java Sea Species List, Laccadive Sea Species List, Makassar Strait Species List, Malacca Strait Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, Halmahera Sea Species List, North Atlantic Species List, Molukka Sea Species List, North Pacific Species List, Persian Gulf Species List, Red Sea Species List, Savu Sea Species List, Sea of Japan Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Seto Inland Sea Species List, Singapore Strait Species List, Solomon Sea Species List, South China Sea Species List, Tyrrhenian Sea Species List, Sulu Sea Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, Gulf of Oman Species List, Furui 2020, Ceram Sea Species List, Adriatic Sea Species List, Aegean Sea Species List, Timor Sea Species List, United States Species List, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, and Flickr BHL
Holothuriidae Burmeister 1837
Family recognized by Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, and Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Holothuriidae Ludwig 1894
Recognized by OBIS environmental data records

Alternative Names

Actinopygidae Domantay 1969
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Bohadschiidae Gill 1907
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Bohadschiidae Poche 1907
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Holothuridae Burmeister 1837
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Holothuriidae Ludwig 1894
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Labidodematidae Domantay 1969
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Labidodematidae James 1981
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Lessonothuriidae Domantay 1969
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Ludwigothuriidae Domantay 1969
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Selenkothuriidae Domantay 1969
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Vaneyothuriidae Domantay 1969
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Actinopygidae Domantay 1969
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Actinopygidae Domantay 1969
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Bohadschiidae Gill 1907
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Bohadschiidae Gill 1907
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Bohadschiidae Poche 1907
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Bohadschiidae Poche 1907
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Fistularia Müller 1776
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Holothuridae Burmeister 1837
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Holothuridae Burmeister 1837
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Holothuriidae
Harvest ancestor according to Undersea Productions, EOL authors, FAO Fishery Statistics, GBIF national node type records UK, GBIF national node type records France, Aruba Species List, Mozambique Species List, GBIF nat'l node type records Netherlands, GBIF national node type records Germany, NMNH type specimens, IUCN, iDigBio type specimen records, iDigBio type specimen records, Paleobiology Database, Flickr Group, Animal Diversity Web Traits and images, iNaturalist, NMNH Collection, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, World Register of Marine Species, TreatmentBank, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and Global Biotic Interactions
Holothuriidae Ludwig 1894
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Holothurnia
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Labidodematidae Domantay 1969
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Labidodematidae James 1981
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Labidodematidae James 1981
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Lessonothuriidae Domantay 1969
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Lessonothuriidae Domantay 1969
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Ludwigothuriidae Domantay 1969
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Ludwigothuriidae Domantay 1969
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Protholothuria Giebel 1857
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Selenkothuriidae Domantay 1969
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Selenkothuriidae Domantay 1969
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Vaneyothuriidae Domantay 1969
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Vaneyothuriidae Domantay 1969
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Common Names

English

Sea Cucumber preferred
Recognized by Flickr BHL

Chinese

海參科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hebrew

גלילניים preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

クロナマコ科 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020, Wikidata Common Names, and admin

Persian

خیارهای دریایی چرمی preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

海参科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

海參科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Holothuriidae Burmeister 1837

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Echinodermata
Echinozoa
Holothuroidea
Actinopoda Ludwig 1891
Holothuriida Miller, Kerr, Paulay, Reich, Wilson, Carvajal & Rouse 2017
Holothuriidae Burmeister 1837 (this page)
Actinopyga Bronn 1860
Bohadschia Jaeger 1833
Holothuria Linnaeus 1767
Labidodemas Selenka 1867
Pearsonothuria Levin ex Levin, Kalinin & Stonik 1984
Mesothuriidae Smirnov 2012

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Echinodermata
Echinozoa
Holothuroidea
Actinopoda Ludwig 1891
Holothuriida Miller, Kerr, Paulay, Reich, Wilson, Carvajal & Rouse 2017
Holothuriidae Burmeister 1837 (this page)
Actinopyga Bronn 1860
Bohadschia Jaeger 1833
Bohadschia Jaeger 1833
Holothuria Linnaeus 1767
Holothuria subgen. Microthele Brandt 1835
Labidodemas Selenka 1867
Pearsonothuria Levin ex Levin, Kalinin & Stonik 1984
Mesothuriidae Smirnov 2012

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Echinodermata
Echinozoa
Holothuroidea
Actinopoda Ludwig 1891
Holothuriida Miller, Kerr, Paulay, Reich, Wilson, Carvajal & Rouse 2017
Holothuriidae Burmeister 1837 (this page)
Actinopyga Bronn 1860
Bohadschia Jaeger 1833
Holothuria Linnaeus 1767
Labidodemas Selenka 1867
Pearsonothuria Levin ex Levin, Kalinin & Stonik 1984
Mesothuriidae Smirnov 2012

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Echinodermata
Echinozoa
Holothuroidea
Holothuriida
Holothuriidae (this page)
Actinopyga
Bohadschia
Holothuria
Labidodemas
Pearsonothuria
Mesothuriidae

GBIF classification

Animalia
Echinodermata
Holothuroidea
Holothuriida
Holothuriidae (this page)
Actinopyga Bronn 1860
Bohadschia Jaeger 1833
Holothuria Linnaeus 1767
Holthuria
Labidodemas Selenka 1867
Pearsonothuria Levin, Kalinin & Stonik 1984
Pravuscucumis Reich 2001
Mesothuriidae

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Echinodermata Bruguière 1791
Echinozoa Haeckel 1895
Holothuroidea
Holothuriida Miller, Kerr, Paulau, Reich, Wilson, Caravajal & Rouse 2017
Holothuriidae Burmeister 1837 (this page)
Actinopyga Bronn 1860
Bohadschia Jaeger 1833
Holothuria Linnaeus 1767
Labidodemas Selenka 1867
Pearsonothuria Levin ex Levin, Kalinin & Stonik 1984
Mesothuriidae Smirnov 2012

IUCN

Animalia
Echinodermata
Holothuroidea
Aspidochirotida
Holothuriidae (this page)
Actinopyga agassizi (Selenka 1867)
Actinopyga albonigra Cherbonnier & Féral 1984
Actinopyga bacilla Cherbonnier 1988
Actinopyga bannwarthi Panning 1944
Actinopyga caerulea Samyn, Vanden Spiegel & Massin 2006
Actinopyga capillata Rowe & Massin 2006
Actinopyga crassa Panning 1944
Actinopyga echinites (Jaeger 1833)
Actinopyga flammea Cherbonnier 1979
Actinopyga fusca Cherbonnier 1980
Actinopyga lecanora (Jaeger 1833)
Actinopyga mauritiana (Quoy & Gaimard 1833)
Actinopyga miliaris (Quoy & Gaimard 1833)
Actinopyga obesa (Selenka 1867)
Actinopyga palauensis Panning 1944
Actinopyga serratidens Pearson 1903
Actinopyga spinea Cherbonnier 1980
Actinopyga varians (Selenka 1867)
Argiodia maculata Domantay 1933
Bohadschia argus (Jaeger 1833)
Bohadschia atra Massin, Rasolofonirina, Conand & Samyn 1999
Bohadschia cousteaui Cherbonnier 1954
Bohadschia koellikeri (Semper 1868)
Bohadschia maculisparsa Cherbonnier & Féral 1985
Bohadschia marmorata (Jaeger 1833)
Bohadschia mitsioensis Cherbonnier 1988
Bohadschia paradoxa (Selenka 1867)
Bohadschia similis (Semper 1868)
Bohadschia steinitzi Cherbonnier 1963
Bohadschia subrubra (Quoy & Gaimard 1833)
Bohadschia tenuissima (Semper 1868)
Bohadschia vitiensis (Semper 1868)
Holothuria aculeata Semper 1868
Holothuria aemula Sluiter 1914
Holothuria albifasciatus Quoy & Gaimard 1834
Holothuria albiventer Semper 1868
Holothuria albofusca Cherbonnier 1988
Holothuria altaturricula Cherbonnier & Féral 1984
Holothuria annulifera Fisher 1907
Holothuria aphanes Lampert 1885
Holothuria arenacava Samyn, Massin & Muthigha 2001
Holothuria arenicola Semper 1868
Holothuria arguinensis Koehler & Vaney 1906
Holothuria asperita Cherbonnier & Féral 1976
Holothuria atra Jaeger 1833
Holothuria austrinabassa O'Loughlin 2007
Holothuria bacilla Cherbonnier 1988
Holothuria brauni Helfer 1912
Holothuria cadelli Bell 1887
Holothuria caparti Cherbonnier 1965
Holothuria casoae Laguarda-Figueras & Solís-Marín 2009
Holothuria cavans Massin 1996
Holothuria chilensis Semper 1868
Holothuria cinerascens (Brandt 1835)
Holothuria coluber Semper 1868
Holothuria conica H. L. Clark 1938
Holothuria conusalba Cherbonnier & Féral 1984
Holothuria coronopertusa Cherbonnier 1980
Holothuria crosnieri Cherbonnier 1988
Holothuria cubana Ludwig 1875
Holothuria cumulus H. L. Clark 1921
Holothuria dakarensis Panning 1939
Holothuria dicorona (Heding 1934)
Holothuria difficilis Semper 1868
Holothuria discrepans Semper 1868
Holothuria dofleinii Augustin 1908
Holothuria duoturricula Cherbonnier 1988
Holothuria duoturriforma Thandar 2007
Holothuria dura Cherbonnier & Féral 1981
Holothuria edulis Lesson 1830
Holothuria enalia Lampert 1885
Holothuria erinaceaus Semper 1868
Holothuria excellens (Ludwig 1875)
Holothuria exilis Koehler & Vaney 1908
Holothuria flavocastanea (Théel 1886)
Holothuria flavomaculata Semper 1868
Holothuria floridana Pourtalés 1851
Holothuria foresti Cherbonnier & Féral 1981
Holothuria forskali Delle Chiaje 1823
Holothuria fuligina Cherbonnier 1988
Holothuria fuscocinerea Jaeger 1833
Holothuria fuscogilva Cherbonnier 1980
Holothuria fuscopunctata Jaeger 1833
Holothuria fuscorubra Théel 1886
Holothuria glaberrima Selenka 1867
Holothuria glandifera Cherbonnier 1955
Holothuria gracilis Semper 1868
Holothuria granosa Cherbonnier 1988
Holothuria grisea Selenka 1867
Holothuria hamata Pearson 1913
Holothuria hartmeyeri Erwe 1913
Holothuria hawaiiensis Fisher 1907
Holothuria helleri von Marenzeller 1878
Holothuria hilla Lesson 1830
Holothuria horrida Massin 1987
Holothuria huberti Russo 1899
Holothuria imitans Ludwig 1875
Holothuria immobilis Semper 1868
Holothuria impatiens Forskaal 1775
Holothuria inhabilis Selenka 1867
Holothuria inornata Semper 1868
Holothuria insignis Ludwig 1875
Holothuria integra Koehler & Vaney 1908
Holothuria isuga Mitsukuri 1912
Holothuria jousseaumei Cherbonnier 1955
Holothuria kefersteinii (Selenka 1867)
Holothuria klunzingeri Lampert 1885
Holothuria kubaryi Ludwig 1875
Holothuria languens Selenka 1867
Holothuria lentiginosa von Marenzeller 1892
Holothuria lessoni Massin et al. 2009
Holothuria leucospilota (Brandt 1835)
Holothuria lineata Ludwig 1875
Holothuria longicosta Thandar 2007
Holothuria lubrica Selenka 1867
Holothuria macroperona Clark 1938
Holothuria mactanensis Tan Tiu 1981
Holothuria maculosa Pearson 1913
Holothuria mammata Grube 1840
Holothuria mammosa Cherbonnier 1988
Holothuria manningi Pawson 1978
Holothuria martensii Semper 1868
Holothuria massaspicula Cherbonnier 1954
Holothuria mexicana Ludwig 1875
Holothuria michaelseni Erwe 1913
Holothuria milloti Cherbonnier 1988
Holothuria minax Théel 1886
Holothuria modesta Ludwig 1875
Holothuria moebii Ludwig 1883
Holothuria multipilula L. Yulin 1975
Holothuria nigralutea O'Loughlin 2007
Holothuria nobilis (Selenka 1867)
Holothuria notabilis Ludwig 1875
Holothuria occidentalis Ludwig 1875
Holothuria olivacea Ludwig 1888
Holothuria papillata Bell 1887
Holothuria papillifera Hedingin Mortensen 1938
Holothuria paraprinceps Deichmann 1938
Holothuria pardalis Selenka 1867
Holothuria parva Krauss 1885
Holothuria parvula (Selenka 1867)
Holothuria pervicax Selenka 1867
Holothuria platei Ludwig 1898
Holothuria pluricuriosa Deichmann 1937
Holothuria poli Delle Chiaje 1823
Holothuria portovallartensis Caso 1954
Holothuria princeps Selenka 1867
Holothuria pseudofossor Deichmann 1930
Holothuria pseudonotabilis Thandar 2007
Holothuria pulla Lesson 1830
Holothuria pyxis Selenka 1867
Holothuria pyxoides Ludwig 1888
Holothuria rathbunii Lampert 1885
Holothuria remollescens Lampert 1888
Holothuria rigida Selenka 1867
Holothuria riojai Caso 1963
Holothuria rowei Pawson & Gust 1981
Holothuria samoana Ludwig 1875
Holothuria sanctori Delle Chiaje 1823
Holothuria scabra Jaeger 1833
Holothuria sinefibula Cherbonnier 1965
Holothuria sinica Liao 1980
Holothuria spinifera Théel 1886
Holothuria squamifera Semper 1868
Holothuria stellati Delle Chiaje 1823
Holothuria stocki Cherbonnier 1964
Holothuria strigosa Selenka 1867
Holothuria submersa Sluiter 1901
Holothuria sucosa Erwe 1919
Holothuria sulcata Ludwig 1875
Holothuria surinamensis Ludwig 1875
Holothuria suspecta Cherbonnier 1958
Holothuria theeli Deichmann 1938
Holothuria thomasi Pawson & Caycedo 1980
Holothuria tortonesei Cherbonnier 1979
Holothuria tripilata Massin 1987
Holothuria truncata Lampert 1885
Holothuria tuberculata Thandar 2007
Holothuria tubulosa Gmelin 1790
Holothuria turriscelsa Cherbonnier 1980
Holothuria turrisimperfecta Cherbonnier 1964
Holothuria unica Rowe 1989
Holothuria vemae Thandar 1988
Holothuria verrucosa Selenka 1867
Holothuria vittalonga Cherbonnier 1988
Holothuria whitmaei Bell 1887
Holothuria zacae Deichmann 1937
Holothuria zihuatanensis Caso 1964
Labidodemas americanum Deichmann 1958
Labidodemas maccullochi (Deichmann 1958)
Labidodemas pertinax (Ludwig 1875)
Labidodemas pseudosemperianum Massin, Samyn & Thandar 2004
Labidodemas quadripartitum Massin, Samyn & Thandar 2004
Labidodemas rugosum (Ludwig 1875)
Labidodemas semperianum Selenka 1867
Labidodemas spineum Massin, Samyn & Thandar 2004
Pearsonothuria graeffei (Semper 1868)
Stichopodidae
Synallactidae

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Echinodermata
Eleutherozoa
Echinozoa
Holothuroidea
Aspidochirotacea
Aspidochirotida
Holothuriidae (this page)
Actinopyga
Bohadschia
Holothuria
Labidodemas
Pearsonothuria
Stichopodidae
Synallactidae
unclassified Aspidochirotida

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Echinodermata
Echinozoa
Holothuroidea
Aspidochirotacea
Aspidochirotida
Holothuriidae (this page)
Actinopyga
Argiodia
Bohadschia
Holothuria
Labidodemas
Microthele
Pearsonothuria
Sporadipus
Vaneyothuria
Mesothuriidae

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Echinodermata
Holothuroidea
Holothuriida
Holothuriidae (this page)
Actinopyga
Actinopyga Bronn 1860
Bohadschia
Bohadschia Jaeger 1833
Holothuria
Holothuria Linnaeus 1767
Labidodemas
Labidodemas Selenka 1867
Microthele
Pearsonothuria
Pearsonothuria Levin ex Levin, Kalinin & Stonik 1984
Sporadipus
Holothuriidae Burmeister 1837
Mesothuriidae
Mesothuriidae Smirnov 2012
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