SEA CUCUMBER

 Sea cucumbers are found on the sea floor

worldwide
 Sea cucumbers serve a useful role in the
marine ecosystem as they help recycle
nutrients, breaking down detritus and
other organic matter after which bacteria
can continue the degradation process.
 Sea cucumbers are frequently among the largest and
most diverse classes of benthic invertebrate in the
intertidal and subtidal and constitute the vast
majority of total biomass in slope and abyssal
benthic systems. While most sea cucumbers are
either sedentary or at the least comparatively
slow‐moving, a number of species move periodically
by swimming and a few are primarily bathypelagic
free swimmers. Holothurians have a calcareous ring
at the anterior surrounding the esophagus, the ring
consists of calcareous plates and serves as
attachment for tentacle complexes and longitudinal
muscles which extend along the body.
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Echinodermata
Subphylum:Echinozoa
Class:Holothuroidea