Sea Cucumber

Pictured above is sea cucumber. They are found in all oceans of the world.

A sea cucumber is definitely not a plant, sea cucumbers are a marine animal belonging to the same class as sea-urchins, sea lilies and starfish.

Sea cucumbers can grow 4 to 5 inches thick, ranging in length from 1-inch to nearly five feet. Sea cucumbers are frequently brownish, but may range in color from black to bright yellow and sometime with red stripes.

Scientifically called holothurians class and the phylum echinodermata, they have elongated tubular bodies that are rubbery and without bony skeletons. There are more than 500 species of sea cucumbers! Some of the larger species are considered delicacies in the Orient.