| Holothuriidae (sea cucumbers) |
| 30 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 340.0 g |
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benthic; marine; depth range 0 - 123 m |
| Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea: Turkey and Algeria. |
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Maximum size: 25 cm (Ref. 358); approximately 30 cm. maximum width: 6 cm. Average weight: 340 g (Ref. 363). Body: with more or less round cross section; is provided with the ventral face with 3 lines with parapodes with suction cup. Tegument: comprises many papillae of sunk color, prolonged by a final silk of dark color; resistant in the majority of the cases and is very seldom thin. Variable coloring of the red with nuance of brown which some time draws on the purple one. The animal is deprived of tubes of Vat (Ref. 358). |
| Maximum size: 25 cm (Ref. 358); approximately 30 cm (Ref. 363). Method: Captured with the hand, with dredgers and trawls basic, and probably used like food in some countries. Fisheries: Probably one of the species which Turkey exports in Japan (Ref. 363). |
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(LC); Date assessed: 20 August 2011 Ref. 123251)
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