{{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'' <small>Sluiter, 1880</small> }}
'''''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}} [[Image:Holothuria atra.jpg|thumb|''Holothuria atra'']] [[Image:Holothuria cinerascens.jpg|thumb|''Holothuria cinerascens'']] [[Image:Holothuria difficilis.jpg|thumb|''Holothuria difficilis'']] [[Image:Holothuria edulis1.JPG|thumb|''Holothuria edulis'']] [[Image:Holothuria flavomaculata.jpg|thumb|''Holothuria flavomaculata'']] [[Image:Holothuria forskali Rab2011 a 3274.JPG|thumb|''Holothuria forskali'']] [[Image:Holothuria fuscocinerea1.jpg|thumb|''Holothuria fuscocinerea'']] [[Image:Holothuria hilla.jpg|thumb|''Holothuria hilla'']]
{{div col|colwidth=30em}} * 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 nobilis'' {{small|Selenka, 1867}} ** ''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}} {{div 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==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=worms>{{cite WoRMS|year=2024|title=''Holothuria'' Linnaeus, 1767|id=123456|accessdate=2024-10-25}}</ref> }}
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