Known to cure kidney diseases, constipation, lung In China, sea cucumbers have been used as a beneficial drug According to laboratoryĪnalysis, soaked Stichopus japonicus contains 76 % water,Ģ1.5 % protein, 0.3 % fat, 1 % carbohydrate, 1.1 % ash, andġ18 mg of calcium, 22 mg of phosphorus and 1.4 mg of iron Sea cucumbers are known their high proteinĬontent and absence of cholestrol. japonicus 1.2.1 Nutritional ValueĬhina is one of the earliest countries where sea cucumbers Distribution: Xishaġ.2 Nutritional and Medicinal Values of S. Dorsum is olive-brown when it is alive.Įach tube foot has a white ring. Around the anus there are five smallĬalcareous teeth. Xisha Archipelago and Xinchun of Hainan Island.Īctinopyga mauritiana (Quoy et Gaimard): 25–27 tentacles, Found under the sand with seaweeds in fort reef. Usually there are several breast-like caruncles on itsīody. Holothuria nobilis (Selenka): Also known as “Wuyun Shen”. Island and Dongxing off Guangxi Province. Usually living along coastal reefs or in sandyĪreas where seaweeds are lush and tidal current is strong.Ĭan reach a maximum length of 70 cm. Dorsal side is dark brown-green, ventral side is Holothuria scabra (Jaeger): Rough body surface, few tubeįeet. Peninsula and along the coast of Xisha Archipelago. The maximum length can be 40–50 cm, usually found Little variation in body colour, usuallyĭark yellow with olive dots. Stichopus variegatus: Square shaped body, dorsal caruncles Zhongsha and Dongsha Archipelago of China. Is orange-yellow or orange-red on its dorsal side and red
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Other like petal, so that it is known as “Plum blossomĬucumber”, or “Pineapple cucumber”. Thelenota ananas (Jaeger): Large body, reaching a maximum The following 5 species areĪlso commercially valuable sea cucumbers. There are about 20 edible species and the most TheyĪre distributed mostly in the South China Sea and XishaĪrchipelago. There are more than 100 species of Holothuroidea in China. Commonly distributed in the intertidal zone in North China. It has 12 tentacles, each having 4–5 pinnate branches. Finger-like or pinnate branching tentacle, 10–20 in number. From Dalian, Liaoning Province to Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province, it is widely distributed in China and especially abundant along the Yellow Sea. Tentacles are 15, each of them with four finger-like branches. Spindle shaped body with long posterior tail. After drying, the processed, known as “Xiang Shen” is sold. Distribution in sandy bottoms in about 20–50 m depth in the East China Sea. Acaudina molpadioides (Semper): Large body with smooth surface. Tentacle vesicle and respiratory trees present. 15 tentacles, not branching or divided into two. Smooth body surface, posterior part of body thin and tail-like. It is known as “Sea peanut” in the Eastern Guangdong Province, and usually is fed to chicken. It inhabits seashore or intertidal zones. Tube feet along five radial canals in two regular rows. It is melon-like in shape, 3–4 cm in length, with 10 tentacles. Pelagothrid.īranching tentacles, without tentacle vesicle. Psychropotes longgicauda, which lives at depths below 1,100 m in the South China Sea.įloating mode of living. Species in this order mostly distributed in deep sea, e.g. Degenerated tube feet without suckers in 1–2 rows. Usually it has a groove between dorsal and ventral sides, occasionally has tail 10–20 tentacles without vesicles. Most of the edible sea cucumbers, such as Holothuroidea nobilis and Stichopus japonicus belong to this order.įlat ventral side.
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Tentacle vesicle, tube feet with terminal suckers and respiratory trees present. Number of tentacles 15–30, but usually 20.
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1.1 Taxonomy of Holothuroidea Aspidochirota There are over 1,100 species of sea cucumbers Sea cucumbers, which have been collected as food organisms forĪ long time, belong to class Holothuroidea of phylumĮchinodermata.
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TRAINING MANUAL ON BREEDING AND CULTURE OF SCALLOP AND SEA CUCUMBER IN CHINA