[Introduction] - The Holothurian Fauna of Cook Strait, New Zealand

Content Partner: Victoria University of Wellington. Diagnosis: Tubefeet present, tentacles tree-shaped, profusely branched. Retractor muscles usually present. Mesentery of the posterior loop of the intestine in the right or left ventral interradius. Gonads on both sides of the dorsal mesentery. Respiratory trees present. Deposits usually irregular fenestrated plates, sometimes tables. The Order ...