Holothuria edulis


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Noun1.Holothuria edulis - of warm coasts from Australia to AsiaHolothuria edulis - of warm coasts from Australia to Asia; used as food especially by Chinese
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holothurian, sea cucumber - echinoderm having a flexible sausage-shaped body, tentacles surrounding the mouth and tube feet; free-living mud feeders
genus Holothuria, Holothuria - type genus of the Holothuridae
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Anticancer activity and mediation of apoptosis in human HL-60 leukaemia cells by edible sea cucumber (Holothuria edulis) extract.
The cytotoxicity of dacarbazine potentiated by sea cucumber saponin in resistant B16F10 melanoma cells through apoptosis induction
Harriott [44] then observed individuals of Stichopus horrens, Stichopus chloronotus, and Holothuria edulis in the field that had undergone fission and were in the process of fission.
Asexual reproduction in holothurians
The dominant species in the Coral Reef and Japanese Gardens were Holothuria edulis Lesson and Bohadschia tenuissima Semper, respectively.
Abundance and diversity of holothuroids in shallow habitats of the northern Red Sea

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