Graeffe's sea cucumber, Blackspotted Sea Cucumber

Graeffe's sea cucumber, Blackspotted Sea Cucumber

Category Echinoderms
Maximum length 45 cm
Class Holothuroidea
Order Holothuriida
Family Holothuriidae
Genus Pearsonothuria
Shoot place Ras Um Sid Bay
Shoot date 2022-10-23

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   The body is nearly cylindrical, dorsally convex (bivium) and slightly flattened ventrally (trivium). White conical papillae are sparsely distributed across the bivium. The legs on the trivium are long and large. The mouth is ventral, surrounded by 25 large black-brown dots and numerous small black spots.

 

 

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