| Holothuriidae (sea cucumbers) |
| 45 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 1,300.0 g |
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reef-associated; marine; depth range 0 - 30 m |
| Indo-Pacific, excluding the Persian Gulf and Hawaii. |
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Mean live weight 700 to 1,300 g; body-wall thickness 0.4 cm. Body sub cylindrical, arched dorsally (bivium) and slightly flattened ventrally (trivium). White conical papillae sparsely distributed on bivium; podia on trivium long and large, their calcareous disc around 240 micrometer in diameter. Mouth ventral, surrounded by 25 large, black brown dots and numerous small black spots; trivium grey, also with small black spots. Spicules on dorsal and ventral tegument with pseudo-tables and rosettes; pseudo-tables consisting of large base with a large hole, and a spiny spire; rosettes numerous, those in the tegument simple, but more complicated in the dorsal papillae and ventral podia; also present around anus are rods, small plates, and tables with very spiny crown; tentacles containing a few rods and large plates derived from rosettes. |
| Maximum depth from Ref. 85218. Not harvested for bêche-de-mer production (Ref. 122). |
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(LC); Date assessed: 18 May 2010 Ref. 123251)
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| harmless |
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