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There are 1,250 known species of sea cucumbers
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Do Whale's defecate sea cucumbers?
No. Sea cucumbers are echinoderms-like starfish and sea urchins. There are some 1,250 known species, and many of these animals are indeed shaped like soft-bodied cucumbers
Is a sea cucumber a rare species?
sea cucumbers are not animals, to be called species.
Are there different types of sea cucumbers?
There are 1,250 known species of sea cucumbers
What is the sea cucumbers genus?
There are many different genus of sea cucumbers, but they are all in the class Holothuroidea.
Are sea cucumbers endangered or extinct?
Sea cucumbers are not extinct but they are protected. Many different species are over fished by Asians who find them delicious to eat. Many scientists would like to see them listed as endangered but that has still not been done (2016).
How many species live at the Great Barrier Reef?
There are thousands of species that are found in and around the Great Barrier Reef. They include:approximately 1500 species of fish6 species of turtles15 species of sea snakesDugong26 species of whales and dolphins4000 species of snails and clams6 types of giant clams350 types of hard corals350 species of sea slugs, or nudibranches100 species of sea stars115 species of sea cucumbers
What is the sea urchins phylum?
That depends, obviously, on the species of Sea Urchin. All belong to the Phylum Echinodermata (along with sea stars and sea cucumbers) and to the Class Echinoidea. They are then divided into different orders, genera and species. That depends, obviously, on the species of Sea Urchin. All belong to the Phylum Echinodermata (along with sea stars and sea cucumbers) and to the Class Echinoidea. They are then divided into different orders, genera and species.
Do humans eat sea cucumbers?
Yes, humans do eat sea cucumbers. In many Asian countries they are considered a delicacy, and sea cucumbers are one of the best protein sources in the world. Not only that, but sea cucumbers are used in Chinese medicine, to treat muscle and cartilage problems.
Are sea cucumbers plants or animals?
Sea cucumbers are animals. They look like cucumbers XD
Are sea cucumbers sponges?
No. Sea cucumbers are part of the Echindermata phylum along with sea stars and sea urchins.
What type of food do sea cucumbers eat?
How and what do they eat?Sea cucumbers are almost all detritivores. This means that they eat the tiny scrap particles that are usually abundant in the environments that they inhabit. There are two basic modes of feeding among sea cucumbers. "Direct deposit feeding" is one method which is seen in many surface dwelling and burrowing species. In this feeding method, sea cucumbers literally wipe their tentacles over the sediments to pick up tiny particles that settle there from the water above. Sea cucumbers are efficient direct deposit feeders. The fact that fecal pellets (poo) are richer in terms of energy and nutrients than the surrounding sediments that sea cucumbers eat is testimony to this fact. The other mode of feeding is the suspension feeding. Suspension feeding sea cucumbers have finely diverticulating buccal tentacles that are used to pick particles out of the water column during feeding.
How many legs does a sea cucumber?
Sea cucumbers don't have any legs at all.
