Cucumber Defenses
Rob Toonen's comments about the defense mechanisms of sea cucumbers.
Athyonidium chilensis
Images and brief information about this Chilean species (Dendrochirotida: Cucumariidae).
Sea Cucumbers - Class Holothuroidea
Description and interesting facts.
Sea Cucumber Degradation
1994 legal update from Galapagos Foundation on sea cucumber fishing.
Sea Cucumber - Western Fisheries Magazine Archive
Beachcomber column on the sea cucumber and sea cucumber fisheries in Australia.
Holothuroidea - Sea Cucumbers
Overview, including characteristics, taxonomy, phylogenetic relationships, and fossil history.
Cucumber Sand Creatures
"It's the quiet ones you have to watch." Short article from Diver, 1997, on the defense mechanisms and anal cavities of sea cucumbers.
Photos of Sea Cucumbers
Photos taken in South East Asia, with text about behavior, habitat, and characteristics.
Sclerodactyla briareus
Detailed anatomy of this common sea cucumber (holothuroid) occurring in shallow water on the east coast of North America (Dendrochirotida: Sclerodactylidae).
Sea Cucumbers - Taxing Problems
Philip Lambert's article for the Royal British Columbia Museum about his research on the natural history of sea cucumbers.
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