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class comprises the sea-cucumbers or Holothurians. In the 

 sea-cucumber, as its name implies, the body is usually long, 

 cylindrical, with a tendency to become worm-like. The skin 

 is not solid, and is muscular. Around the mouth are situ- 



Fia. 56.— Pentacrinus. 6, disk with mouth. (Natural size.) 



ated the ten branching gills, while there are usually suckers 

 arranged in fiVe rows along the body. 



The trepang or b^che-le-mer {Holothuria edulis) is col- 

 lected in the Moluccas and Australian seas, and when dried 

 is sold for soups in Chinese markets. 



The infant Holothurian (Pig. 57, A) is a transparent, 



