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Holothuroidea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2017

David L. Pawson*
Affiliation:
Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560
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Among the living echinoderms, holothurians are generally regarded as “poor relations” of the other groups. The color and symmetry of sea-stars and the complexity of echinoids usually elicit expressions of admiration from casual observers; the reactions to holothurians usually involves a considerable degree of revulsion. The generally soft-bodied holothurians, with their reduced skeleton and leathery to gelatinous body walls, are consequently less well known than many other echinoderm groups.

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Research Article
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Copyright © 1980 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 

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