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Descriptor English: Holothuria
Descriptor Spanish: Holothuria
Descriptor Holothuria
Scope note: Género de grandes PEPINOS DE MAR de la familia Holothuriidae que poseen paredes corporales gruesas, una superficie corporal verrucosa y osículos microscópicos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Holothuria
Descriptor French: Holothuria
Entry term(s): Holothurias
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.408.560.400
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D047332
Scope note: A genus of large SEA CUCUMBERS in the family Holothuriidae possessing thick body walls, a warty body surface, and microscopic ossicles.
Allowable Qualifiers: AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Echinodermata (1968-1988)
Sea Cucumbers (1989-2004)
Public MeSH Note: 2005
History Note: 2005
DeCS ID: 38501
Unique ID: D047332
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Date Established: 2005/01/01
Date of Entry: 2004/07/07
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Holothuria - Preferred
Concept UI M0457265
Scope note A genus of large SEA CUCUMBERS in the family Holothuriidae possessing thick body walls, a warty body surface, and microscopic ossicles.
Preferred term Holothuria
Entry term(s) Holothurias



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