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SEA CUCUMBERS [7 records]

Record 1 2023-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collaboration with the FAO
  • Commercial Fishing
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
  • Crustaceans
CONT

Shellfish fisheries include clams, shrimp, prawns, geoducks, sea cucumbers, crabs, euphausiids, scallops, and sea urchins.

OBS

shellfish fishery: designation usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • shell fish fishery
  • shellfish fisheries
  • shell fish fisheries

French

Domaine(s)
  • Collaboration avec la FAO
  • Pêche commerciale
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
  • Crustacés
CONT

[...] la pêche aux mollusques et crustacés [comprend les] espèces [suivantes] : palourdes, crevettes, panopes, holothuries, crabes, krill (euphausiacés), poulpe, pétoncles, calmars et oursins.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Zoology
  • Animal Behaviour
  • Marine Biology
DEF

An aquatic animal that feeds on small specks of organic matter that have drifted down through the water and settled on the bottom.

OBS

Examples of deposit feeders are flounders, eels, haddock, bass, crabs, shellfish, snails and sea cucumbers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Zoologie
  • Comportement animal
  • Biologie marine
DEF

[Animal aquatique qui se nourrit] à partir de matière organique particulaire déposée sur le fond, contenant divers déchets minéraux ou organiques ainsi qu'un feutrage algal ou bactérien plus ou moins abondant.

Spanish

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Record 3 2021-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Reproduction
  • Marine Biology
  • Aquaculture
CONT

External fertilization usually occurs in aquatic environments where both eggs and sperm are released into the water. After the sperm reaches the egg, fertilization takes place. Most external fertilization happens during the process of spawning where one or several females release their eggs and the male(s) release sperm in the same area, at the same time.

OBS

Nearly all fish spawn, as do crustaceans(such as crabs and shrimp), mollusks(such as oysters), squid, and echinoderms(such as sea urchins and sea cucumbers).

Key term(s)
  • external fertilisation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Reproduction des animaux
  • Biologie marine
  • Aquaculture
CONT

L'observation de la reproduction de nombreux animaux aquatiques, de groupes très différents (coraux, crustacés, oursins, «poissons»...) montre que l'on a une production d'un grand nombre de gamètes, à la fois mâles […] mais aussi femelles : la production d'ovules […] Les différents gamètes sont simplement rejetés dans l'eau, et se rencontrent au hasard. La fécondation se réalise donc dans l'eau, en dehors de l'organisme de la femelle : on parle alors de fécondation externe.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Reproducción de animales
  • Biología Marina
  • Acuicultura
CONT

Común en peces y anfibios, así como en algunos vertebrados marinos, la fecundación externa es un proceso que se inicia cuando la hembra lanza sus óvulos en el agua y el macho vierte sus espermatozoides sobre ellos en un fenómeno conocido como desove o freza.

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Record 4 2011-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

The Holothuroidea, or sea cucumbers, are an abundant and diverse group of worm-like and usually soft-bodied echinoderms. They are found in nearly every marine environment, but are most diverse on tropical shallow-water coral reefs. They range from the intertidal, where they may be exposed briefly at low tide, to the floor of the deepest oceanic trenches.

Key term(s)
  • sea cucumber

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Classe d'échinodermes (embranchement d'animaux marins) qui compte plus de 1 800 espèces et dont plusieurs sont comestibles.

Key term(s)
  • concombre de mer
  • holothurie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Moluscos, equinodermos y procordados
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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Record 5 2009-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
  • Animal Behaviour
CONT

When dead plants and animals decay, their remains often form small particles called detritus. A detritivorous animal, or detritus feeder, is an animal that feeds on these particles. Detritivores are common on the seafloor, and include animals such as sea cucumbers and brittlestars.

OBS

"Scavenger" can also refer to organisms that feed on dead animal matter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Comportement animal
DEF

Catégorie d'êtres vivants qui se nourrissent de détritus d'origine végétale ou animale constituant la matière organique morte.

CONT

On distingue plusieurs catégories de détritivores selon qu'ils consomment de la matière organique en voie de décomposition (saprophages), des excréments (coprophages), des cadavres (nécrophages), ou encore de la matière organique en voie d'humification (géophages) [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
  • Comportamiento animal
DEF

Organismo que se alimenta de materia orgánica muerta.

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Record 6 2009-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
  • Animal Behaviour
CONT

When dead plants and animals decay, their remains often form small particles called detritus. A detritivorous animal, or detritus feeder, is an animal that feeds on these particles. Detritivores are common on the seafloor, and include animals such as sea cucumbers and brittlestars.

OBS

"Scavenger" can also mean "feeding on dead animal matter."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Comportement animal
DEF

Se dit d'une espèce vivante qui se nourrit de débris animaux et végétaux (excréments, mues, cadavres, etc.).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
  • Comportamiento animal
Key term(s)
  • detritífago
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Record 7 2002-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Zoology
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
DEF

A phylum of marine animals including such familiar forms as starfish, brittle stars, sea urchins, sand dollars, and sea cucumbers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Zoologie
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
DEF

Embranchement d'invertébrés marins à symétrie radiale, couverts de plaques calcaires et souvent d'épines (ex. ophiures, oursins, holoturies, crinoïdes).

Spanish

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