Sea Cucumber

Igama leentsapho eziqhelekileyo

Sea Cucumber

Igama lezesayensi

Holothuroidea

Ubukhulu

Ukufika ku-3m

Ukukhangeleka

Imizimba enemizimba enemizimba ekhutshwe ngeenkhumba zesikhumba. Umlomo ekupheleni kwesinye nge-mpendu enye. 10-20 iintente ezijikelezayo emlonyeni. Umbala kakhulu unobumba obomdaka nomnyama nangona abanye. Zibomvu, zelinen kunye nemfusa.

Inkcukacha jikelele

Iqela le-Holothuroidea liwela phantsi kwe-Echinodermata phylum, equka zonke iinkwenkwezi (uLwandle, iNtye kunye neBrittle) kunye nee-urchins zaseLwandle. Hambisa ngokukhawuleza ngemigangatho emihlanu yeenyawo ezinyawo. I-calcium carbonate endoskeleton iyakwandisa kwaye ivumelwano. Zizivikele ngokuxosha isisu-esinokubuyela kwi-anus. Ezinye ziqhotyoshelwe kumatye (i-apula yaselwandle). Abahlaziyi bePelagic.

Ukutya

Ukutya kwiplankton kunye ne-detritus.

Ukufumaneka

Ivela kuzo zonke izilwandle ezishushu kunye neendawo ezitshatayo zehlabathi.

Iindidi eziqhelekileyo

Ikhukhamba yolwandle oludliwayo (Holotuhria edulis)
Ikhukhamba elwandle elimnyama nelomhlophe (Holothuria marmoratus)
Ikhukhamba ebomvu yolwandle (Stichopus sp.)