Holothuria tubulosa

Holothuria tubulosa
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Holothuroidea
Order:	Holothuriida
Family:	Holothuriidae
Genus:	Holothuria
Species:	H. tubulosa
Binomial name
	Holothuria tubulosa; Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms
	H. cavolini delle Chiaje, 1824; H. columnae delle Chiaje, 1823, non Cuvier, 1817; H. columnae Cuvier, 1817; H. columnae de Blainville, 1821; H. maxima delle Chiaje, 1823; H. petagnae delle Chiaje, 1824; H. tremula Linnaeus, 1767;

Holothuria tubulosa, the cotton-spinner or tubular sea cucumber, is a species of sea cucumber in the family Holothuriidae. It is the type species of the genus Holothuria and is placed in the subgenus Holothuria, making its full name Holothuria (Holothuria) tubulosa.

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