Definition of holothurian in English:

noun

• A sea cucumber.

  Example sentences

  • ‘The water vascular system, found in all echinoderms, accommodates the elongated body of the holothurians.’
  • ‘Sea cucumbers are sausage-shaped holothurians that lie on the sandy floor of reef lagoons.’
  • ‘There was significantly greater population density of holothurians when a coral reef was adjacent to the mangroves than a shoreline with coral reef alone or mangroves alone.’
  • ‘In fact, crinoids, holothurians, and ophiuroids rule the floor of the deep oceans at depths below 500 metres.’
  • ‘However, holothurians retain pentameral (five-rayed) symmetry, with five rows of tube feet running from the mouth along the body.’