Holothuria
{{short description|Genus of echinoderms}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Holothuria pervicax Réunion.jpg
| image_caption = Holothuria pervicax
| taxon = Holothuria
| authority = Linnaeus, 1767
| type_species = Holothuria tubulosa
| type_species_authority = Gmelin, 1791
| subdivision = Over 100, see text.
| synonyms = * Ananus Sluiter, 1880
}}
Holothuria is the type genus of the marine animal family Holothuriidae,{{r|worms}} 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.
Species
The World Register of Marine Species recognizes 163 species in 19 subgenera of Holothuria:{{r|worms}}
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- Subgenus Acanthotrapeza {{small|Rowe, 1969}}
- Holothuria coluber {{small|Semper, 1868}}
- Holothuria kubaryi {{small|Ludwig, 1875}}
- Holothuria pyxis {{small|Selenka, 1867}}
- Holothuria tripilata {{small|Massin, 1987}}
- Subgenus Cystipus {{small|Haacke, 1880}}
- Holothuria casoae {{small|Laguarda-Figueras & Solís-Marín, 2009}}
- Holothuria cubana {{small|Ludwig, 1875}}
- Holothuria dura {{small|Cherbonnier & Féral, 1981}}
- Holothuria hartmeyeri {{small|(Helfer, 1912)}}
- Holothuria inhabilis {{small|Selenka, 1867}}
- Holothuria jousseaumei {{small|Cherbonnier, 1954}}
- Holothuria mammosa {{small|Cherbonnier, 1988}}
- Holothuria occidentalis {{small|Ludwig, 1875}}
- Holothuria pseudofossor {{small|Deichmann, 1930}}
- Holothuria rigida {{small|Selenka, 1867}}
- Holothuria sucosa {{small|Erwe, 1919}}
- Holothuria turrisimperfecta {{small|Cherbonnier, 1965}}
- Holothuria yann {{small|Samyn in Samyn & Vandenspiegel, 2016}}
- Subgenus Halodeima {{small|Pearson, 1914}}
- Holothuria enalia {{small|Lampert, 1885}}
- Holothuria floridana {{small|Pourtalés, 1851}}
- Holothuria grisea {{small|Selenka, 1867}}
- Holothuria inornata {{small|Semper, 1868}}
- Holothuria manningi {{small|Pawson, 1978}}
- Holothuria mexicana {{small|Ludwig, 1875}}
- Holothuria nigralutea {{small|O'Loughlin, 2007}}
- Holothuria pulla {{small|Selenka, 1867}}
- Holothuria signata {{small|Ludwig, 1875}}
- Subgenus Holothuria {{small|Linnaeus, 1767}}
- Holothuria algeriensis {{small|Mezali, Thandar & Khodja, 2021}}
- Holothuria caparti {{small|Cherbonnier, 1965}}
- Holothuria dakarensis {{small|Panning, 1939}}
- Holothuria fungosa {{small|Helfer, 1912}}
- Holothuria helleri {{small|Marenzeller von, 1877}}
- Holothuria mammata {{small|Grube, 1840}}
- Holothuria massaspicula {{small|Cherbonnier, 1954}}
- Holothuria stellati {{small|Delle Chiaje, 1824}}
- Holothuria tubulosa {{small|Gmelin, 1791}}
- Subgenus Lessonothuria {{small|Deichmann, 1958}}
- Holothuria cavans {{small|Massin & Tomascik, 1996}}
- Holothuria coronata {{small|Yáñez Villanueva, Solís-Marín & Laguarda-Figueras, 2022}}
- Holothuria cumulus {{small|Clark, 1921}}
- Holothuria duoturricula {{small|Cherbonnier, 1988}}
- Holothuria glandifera {{small|Cherbonnier, 1955}}
- Holothuria immobilis {{small|Semper, 1868}}
- Holothuria insignis {{small|Ludwig, 1875}}
- Holothuria lineata {{small|Ludwig, 1875}}
- Holothuria multipilula {{small|Liao, 1975}}
- Holothuria pardalis {{small|Selenka, 1867}}
- Holothuria tuberculata {{small|Thandar, 2007}}
- Holothuria verrucosa {{small|Selenka, 1867}}
- Subgenus Mertensiothuria {{small|Deichmann, 1958}}
- Holothuria albofusca {{small|Cherbonnier, 1988}}
- Holothuria aphanes {{small|Lampert, 1885}}
- Holothuria artensis {{small|Cherbonnier & Féral, 1984}}
- Holothuria fuscorubra {{small|Théel, 1886}}
- Holothuria hilla {{small|Lesson, 1830}}
- Holothuria isuga {{small|Mitsukuri, 1912}}
- Holothuria viridiaurantia {{small|Borrero-Pérez & Vanegas-González, 2019}}
- Subgenus Metriatyla {{small|Rowe, 1969}}
- Holothuria aculeata {{small|Semper, 1868}}
- Holothuria albiventer {{small|Semper, 1868}}
- Holothuria alex {{small|Samyn in Samyn & Vandenspiegel, 2016}}
- Holothuria brauni {{small|Helfer, 1912}}
- Holothuria conica {{small|Clark, 1938}}
- Holothuria cyrielle {{small|Vandenspiegel in Samyn & Vandenspiegel, 2016}}
- Holothuria horrida {{small|Massin, 1987}}
- Holothuria keesingi {{small|O'Loughlin in O'Loughlin et al., 2016}}
- Holothuria lessoni {{small|Massin, Uthicke, Purcell, Rowe, Samyn, 2009}}
- Holothuria martensii {{small|Semper, 1868}}
- Holothuria submersa {{small|Sluiter, 1901}}
- Holothuria tortonesei {{small|Cherbonnier, 1979}}
- Subgenus Microthele {{small|Brandt, 1835}}
- Holothuria fuscogilva {{small|Cherbonnier, 1980}}
- Holothuria fuscopunctata {{small|Jaeger, 1833}}
- Subgenus Panningothuria {{small|Rowe, 1969}}
- Holothuria austrinabassa {{small|O'Loughlin, 2007}}
- Subgenus Platyperona {{small|Rowe, 1969}}
- Holothuria crosnieri {{small|Cherbonnier, 1988}}
- Holothuria difficilis {{small|Semper, 1868}}
- Holothuria excellens {{small|(Ludwig, 1875)}}
- Holothuria insolita {{small|Cherbonnier, 1988}}
- Holothuria parvula {{small|(Selenka, 1867}})
- Holothuria rowei {{small|Pawson & Gust, 1981}}
- Holothuria samoana {{small|Ludwig, 1875}}
- Holothuria sanctori {{small|Delle Chiaje, 1823}}
- Subgenus Roweothuria {{small|Thandar, 1988}}
- Holothuria arguinensis {{small|Koehler & Vaney, 1906}}
- Holothuria poli {{small|Delle Chiaje, 1824}}
- Holothuria vemae {{small|Thandar, 1988}}
- Subgenus Selenkothuria {{small|Deichmann, 1958}}
- Holothuria bacilla {{small|Cherbonnier, 1988}}
- Holothuria carere {{small|Honey-Escandón, Solís-Marín & Laguarda-Figueras, 2011}}
- Holothuria erinacea {{small|Semper, 1868}}
- Holothuria glaberrima {{small|Selenka, 1867}}
- Holothuria lubrica {{small|Selenka, 1867}}
- Holothuria mactanensis {{small|Tan Tiu, 1981}}
- Holothuria moebii {{small|Ludwig, 1883}}
- Holothuria parva {{small|Krauss in Lampert, 1885}}
- Holothuria parvispinea {{small|Massin, 2013}}
- Holothuria portovallartensis {{small|Caso, 1954}}
- Holothuria sinica {{small|Liao, 1980}}
- Holothuria theeli {{small|Deichmann, 1938}}
- Holothuria vittalonga {{small|Cherbonnier, 1988}}
- Subgenus Semperothuria {{small|Deichmann, 1958}}
- Holothuria granosa {{small|Cherbonnier, 1988}}
- Holothuria imitans {{small|Ludwig, 1875}}
- Holothuria languens {{small|Selenka, 1867}}
- Holothuria roseomaculata {{small|Kerr, 2013}}
- Holothuria surinamensis {{small|Ludwig, 1875}}
- Subgenus Stauropora {{small|Rowe, 1969}}
- Holothuria aemula {{small|Sluiter, 1914}}
- Holothuria anulifera {{small|Fisher, 1907}}
- Holothuria bo {{small|Samyn in Samyn & Vandenspiegel, 2016}}
- Holothuria discrepans {{small|Semper, 1868}}
- Holothuria dofleinii {{small|Augustin, 1908}}
- Holothuria fuscocinerea {{small|Jaeger, 1833}}
- Holothuria hawaiiensis {{small|Fisher, 1907}}
- Holothuria mitis {{small|Sluiter, 1901}}
- Holothuria modesta {{small|Ludwig, 1875}}
- Holothuria olivacea {{small|Ludwig, 1888}}
- Holothuria pervicax {{small|Selenka, 1867}}
- Holothuria pluricuriosa {{small|Deichmann, 1937}}
- Subgenus Stichothuria {{small|Cherbonnier, 1980}}
- Holothuria coronopertusa {{small|Cherbonnier, 1980}}
- Subgenus Theelothuria {{small|Deichmann, 1958}}
- Holothuria asperita {{small|Cherbonnier & Féral, 1981}}
- Holothuria cadelli {{small|Bell, 1887}}
- Holothuria duoturriforma {{small|Thandar, 2007}}
- Holothuria foresti {{small|Cherbonnier & Féral, 1981}}
- Holothuria hamata {{small|Pearson, 1913}}
- Holothuria imperator {{small|Deichmann, 1930}}
- Holothuria klunzingeri {{small|Lampert, 1885}}
- Holothuria kurti {{small|Ludwig, 1891}}
- Holothuria longicosta {{small|Thandar, 2007}}
- Holothuria maculosa {{small|Pearson, 1913}}
- Holothuria michaelseni {{small|Erwe, 1913}}
- Holothuria notabilis {{small|Ludwig, 1875}}
- Holothuria paraprinceps {{small|Deichmann, 1937}}
- Holothuria princeps {{small|Selenka, 1867}}
- Holothuria pseudonotabilis {{small|Thandar, 2007}}
- Holothuria spinifera {{small|Théel, 1886}}
- Holothuria squamifera {{small|Semper, 1868}}
- Holothuria turriscelsa {{small|Cherbonnier, 1980}}
- Subgenus Thymiosycia {{small|Pearson, 1914}}
- Holothuria altaturricula {{small|Cherbonnier & Féral, 1984}}
- Holothuria arenicola {{small|Semper, 1868}}
- Holothuria conusalba {{small|Cherbonnier & Féral, 1984}}
- Holothuria gracilis {{small|Semper, 1868}}
- Holothuria impatiens {{small|(Forskål, 1775)}}
- Holothuria macroperona {{small|Clark, 1938}}
- Holothuria marginata {{small|Sluiter, 1901}}
- Holothuria milloti {{small|Cherbonnier, 1988}}
- Holothuria minax {{small|Théel, 1886}}
- Holothuria remollescens {{small|Lampert, 1885}}
- Holothuria strigosa {{small|Selenka, 1867}}
- Holothuria thomasi {{small|Pawson & Caycedo, 1980}}
- Holothuria truncata {{small|Lampert, 1885}}
- Holothuria unicolor {{small|Selenka, 1867}}
- Holothuria zihuatanensis {{small|Caso, 1964}}
- Subgenus Vaneyothuria {{small|Pearson, 1914}}
- Holothuria integra {{small|Koehler & Vaney, 1908}}
- Holothuria lentiginosa {{small|Marenzeller von, 1892}}
- Holothuria sinefibula {{small|Cherbonnier, 1964}}
- Holothuria suspecta {{small|Cherbonnier, 1958}}
- Holothuria uncia {{small|Rowe, 1989}}
- Holothuria zacae {{small|Deichmann, 1937}}
- Subgenus incertae sedis (uncertain placement)
- Holothuria arenacava {{small|Samyn, Massin & Muthiga, 2001}}
- Holothuria atra {{small|Jaeger, 1833}}
- Holothuria cinerascens {{small|(Brandt, 1835)}}
- Holothuria edulis {{small|Lesson, 1830}}
- Holothuria flavomaculata {{small|Semper, 1868}}
- Holothuria forskali {{small|Delle Chiaje, 1823}}
- Holothuria kefersteinii {{small|(Selenka, 1867)}}
- Holothuria leucospilota {{small|(Brandt, 1835)}}
- Holothuria nobilis {{small|(Selenka, 1867)}}
- Holothuria platei {{small|Ludwig, 1898}}
- Holothuria pyxoides {{small|Ludwig, 1888}}
- Holothuria scabra {{small|Jaeger, 1833}}
- Holothuria whitmaei {{small|Bell, 1887}}
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References
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