Black sea cucumber

Cucumaria frondosa japonica

Classification

Class: Holothuroidea
Order: Dendrochirotida
Family: Cucumariidae

Holothuria forskali, the black sea cucumber or cotton-spinner is a species of sea cucumber in the family Holothuriidae. It is found at shallow depths in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. It was placed in the subgenus Panningothuria by Rowe in 1969 and is the type taxon of the subgenus.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Canada · 1United States of America · 1

Sources and credits

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Black sea cucumber

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