KERAGAMAN JENIS DAN KANDUNGAN ASAM LEMAK ESENSIAL TERIPANG (HOLOTHUROIDEA) DI PANTAI HERA DAN TACI � TOLU, DISTRIK DILI TIMOR LESTE

Sea cucumber (Trepang) are cosmopolitan, especially in the exposure of coral reefs, rocky, sandy and muddy. These animal slivein shallow watersto deep sea. Most of thesea cucumber can be used as a food ingredient because it has a high nutrient content, but no information about the content of essential fatty acids yet. This studyaims to determine thediversity ofsea cucumbersthat livealong thebeach of Dili as well asessential fattyacid content. Sampling was done by purposive sampling method from the tidal area to a depth of 3m. Research carried out March - April 2012. The type that obtained, identified by using a Monograph of Shallow Water Indo-West Pacific Echinoderms. Preparation of fatty acid use traditional methods of Bligh & Dyer and Morison & Shmith, while for the identification and determination of essential fatty acid levels were analyzed by gas chromatography (GC). The results identify the diversity of species of sea cucumbers consist of 12 species:Actinopyga crassa, A. Holothuria atra, H. coluber, H. fuscocinerea, H. leucospilota, H. scabra, Stichopus herrmanni, S. horrens, S. quadrifasciatus, Syanpta maculat, and Synaptula cf. denticulata. Analysis diversity of the essential fatty acids in H. atra, H. scabra, and S. herrmann