Holothuria parvula — The Life Data

Animalia/Echinodermata/Holothuroidea/Holothuriida/Holothuriidae/Holothuria

At a glance

Occurrence records81

Data sources6

Biological traits4

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Holothuria parvula's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility81 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources4 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF81 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

Holothuria parvula, the golden sea cucumber, is a species of echinoderm in the class Holothuroidea. It was first described by Emil Selenka in 1867 and has since been placed in the subgenus Platyperona, making its full scientific name Holothuria (Platyperona) parvula. It is found in shallow areas of the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico and is unusual among sea cucumbers in that it can reproduce by breaking in half.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

Other traits2

Depth max4 m

Depth min0 m

05DNA & barcoding1 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Holothuria parvula has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

BINs1

Marker genes1

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type81 records

Wild obs. + sensor31

Museum / vouchered50

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO196 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy33% within 1 km

≤100 m 9≤10 km 10>10 km 8

27 georeferenced · 4 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor31

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy41% within 1 km

≤100 m 3≤1 km 4≤10 km 2>10 km 8

17 georeferenced · 33 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence50

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions4 of 9 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Cambridge, US	12
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	11
Washington, US	9
Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Unidad Académica Mazatlán, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Méxicolocation not on record	5
Florida Atlantic University, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Museumlocation not on record	2
Brussels, BE	2
INVEMAR \| UNALlocation not on record	1
FCMMlocation not on record	1
Los Angeles, US	1

9 institutions · 44 of 50 vouchered records shown · 6 without an institution code