Sophistication in a seemingly simple creature: a review of wild holothurian nutrition in marine ecosystems

The possible routes of microplastics uptake in sea cucumber Holothuria cinerascens (Brandt, 1835)

(2020) Oladimeji Ayo Iwalaye et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Active buoyancy adjustment increases dispersal potential in benthic marine animals

(2019) Jean-François Hamel et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Localised high-density population of a sea cucumber on a Malaysian coral reef

(2019) Kennedy Wolfe et al.   CORAL REEFS

Evidence of niche partitioning among bacteria living on plastics, organic particles and surrounding seawaters

(2018) C. Dussud et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Tropical sea cucumber fisheries: Changes during the last decade

(2018) Chantal Conand   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic litter transfer from sediments towards marine trophic webs: A case study on holothurians

(2018) Monia Renzi et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Chemicals released by male sea cucumber mediate aggregation and spawning behaviours

(2018) Nathalie Marquet et al.   Scientific Reports

Profiles of bacterial assemblages from microplastics of tropical coastal environments

(2018) Emily Curren et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastic ingestion by the farmed sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus in China

(2018) Mohamed Mohsen et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic pollution identified in deep-sea water and ingested by benthic invertebrates in the Rockall Trough, North Atlantic Ocean

(2017) Winnie Courtene-Jones et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Substrate preference for burying and feeding of sandfish Holothuria scabra juveniles

(2017) Jon P. Altamirano et al.   FISHERIES RESEARCH

Molecular phylogeny of extant Holothuroidea (Echinodermata)

(2017) Allison K. Miller et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Spatial and seasonal variation in diversity and structure of microbial biofilms on marine plastics in Northern European waters

(2017) Sonja Oberbeckmann et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Environmental drivers of benthic communities and habitat heterogeneity on an East Antarctic shelf

(2016) Alexandra L. Post et al.   ANTARCTIC SCIENCE

Gut bacterial diversity of farmed sea cucumbers Apostichopus japonicus with different growth rates

(2016) Yujie Sha et al.   MICROBIOLOGY

Plastic microfibre ingestion by deep-sea organisms

(2016) M. L. Taylor et al.   Scientific Reports

Plastic pollution of the Kuril–Kamchatka Trench area (NW pacific)

(2015) Viola Fischer et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

The uptake of dissolved organic material by the sea cucumber Parastichopus californicus (Stimpson) and its potential role in visceral regeneration

(2015) C.J. Brothers et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Biofilm and Diatom Succession on Polyethylene (PE) and Biodegradable Plastic Bags in Two Marine Habitats: Early Signs of Degradation in the Pelagic and Benthic Zone?

(2015) Andreas Eich et al.   PLoS One

Rapid bacterial colonization of low-density polyethylene microplastics in coastal sediment microcosms

(2014) Jesse P Harrison et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Holothuria tubulosa Gmelin 1791 (Holothuroidea, Echinodermata) enhances organic matter recycling in Posidonia oceanica meadows

(2014) V. Costa et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Rapid changes and long-term cycles in the benthic megafaunal community observed over 24years in the abyssal northeast Pacific

(2014) Linda A. Kuhnz et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

The deep sea is a major sink for microplastic debris

(2014) L. C. Woodall et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Microplastic pollution in deep-sea sediments

(2013) Lisbeth Van Cauwenberghe et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

The present and future of microplastic pollution in the marine environment

(2013) Juliana A. Ivar do Sul et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

The anus as a second mouth: anal suspension feeding by an oral deposit-feeding sea cucumber

(2013) William. B. Jaeckle et al.   INVERTEBRATE BIOLOGY

Diversity and function of aerobic culturable bacteria in the intestine of the sea cucumber Holothuria leucospilota

(2013) Xiaochi Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Bacterial diversity of the sediments transiting through the gut of Holothuria scabra (Holothuroidea; Echinodermata)

(2013) Thomas Plotieau et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Feeding and movement patterns of the sea cucumber Holothuria sanctori

(2013) P. G. Navarro et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

The plastic-associated microorganisms of the North Pacific Gyre

(2013) Henry S. Carson et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

High prokaryotic biodiversity associated with gut contents of the holothurian Molpadia musculus from the Nazaré Canyon (NE Atlantic)

(2012) Teresa Amaro et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

Deposit-Feeding Sea Cucumbers Enhance Mineralization and Nutrient Cycling in Organically-Enriched Coastal Sediments

(2012) Thomas MacTavish et al.   PLoS One

Mortality of the sea cucumber, Apostichopus japonicus Selenka, exposed to acute salinity decrease and related physiological responses: Osmoregulation and heat shock protein expression

(2011) Xian-liang Meng et al.   AQUACULTURE

Do abyssal scavengers use phytodetritus as a food resource? Video and biochemical evidence from the Atlantic and Mediterranean

(2011) Rachel M. Jeffreys et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

Organically selective movement and deposit-feeding in juvenile sea cucumber, Australostichopus mollis determined in situ and in the laboratory

(2011) Matthew J. Slater et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Phytopigments and fatty acids in the gut of the deposit-feeding heart urchin Echinocardium cordatum in the southern North Sea: Selective feeding and its contribution to the benthic carbon budget

(2011) Arjen R. Boon et al.   JOURNAL OF SEA RESEARCH

Functional effects of the hadal sea cucumber Elpidia atakama (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea, Elasipodida) reflect small-scale patterns of resource availability

(2011) A. J. Jamieson et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Microplastics as contaminants in the marine environment: A review

(2011) Matthew Cole et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Abundance and distribution of commercial sea cucumber species in the coastal waters of Sri Lanka

(2010) D. C.T. Dissanayake et al.   AQUATIC LIVING RESOURCES

Management of sea cucumber stocks: patterns of vulnerability and recovery of sea cucumber stocks impacted by fishing

(2010) Kim Friedman et al.   FISH AND FISHERIES

Major bacterial contribution to the ocean reservoir of detrital organic carbon and nitrogen

(2010) Karl Kaiser et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Submarine canyons: hotspots of benthic biomass and productivity in the deep sea

(2010) F. C. De Leo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Post-autotomy regeneration of respiratory trees in the holothurian Apostichopus japonicus (Holothuroidea, Aspidochirotida)

(2009) Igor Y. Dolmatov et al.   CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH

Deep-sea bacterial communities in sediments and guts of deposit-feeding holothurians in Portuguese canyons (NE Atlantic)

(2009) Teresa Amaro et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

Feeding behaviour of the sea cucumber Cucumaria frondosa (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) in the laboratory and the field: relationships between tentacle insertion rate, flow speed, and ingestion

(2009) E. H. Holtz et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Immune condition of Apostichopus japonicus during aestivation

(2008) Fangyu Wang et al.   AQUACULTURE

Inter-annual variability and potential for selectivity in the diets of deep-water Antarctic echinoderms

(2008) B.D. Wigham et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Deposit- and suspension-feeding sea cucumbers (Echinodermata) ingest plastic fragments

(2008) Erin R. Graham et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Growth and production of California sea cucumbers (Parastichopus californicus Stimpson) co-cultured with suspended Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas Thunberg)

(2007) D.L. Paltzat et al.   AQUACULTURE