However, new research finds that sea cucumbers are the only echinoderms—and among the only animals on Earth—that produce chemicals called triterpenoid saponins, which don’t poison the sea cucumbers ...

But it actually belongs to the phylum of echinoderms, closely related to starfish (aka sea stars), sand dollars, sea urchins and sea lilies. Many sea cucumber species can be found in a variety of ...

During the extreme low tides of February, an unusual marine resident is being spotted in the seagrass beds on the backside of ...

This approach integrates solar energy production with sea cucumber farming. Sea cucumbers are marine animals related to ...

Across Asia sea cucumbers have long been a staple in peoples' diets, mainly in soups, stews and stir-fries, and demand for this homely undersea animal, echinoderms, is high. Countries like ...

Class Holothuroidea - the sea cucumbers. - sea cucumbers have lost obvious pentaradial symmetry. - they lack a hard endoskeleton unlike other echinoderms. - tube feet have been modified into tentacles ...