| Family: |
Holothuriidae (sea cucumbers) |
| Max. size: |
20 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
benthic; marine; depth range 0 - 250 m |
| Distribution: |
Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea: Algeria. |
| Diagnosis: |
Maximum size: 20 cm. Body: with more or less round cross section; is provided with the ventral face with 3 lines with podia with suction cups. Tegument: constellated with multiple papillae. Color: supported black; papillae being very of an immaculate white. Absence of tubes of Vat (Ref. 358). |
| Biology: |
Maximum size: 20 cm. Species presents the small funds until largest the depths, but rare. Habitat: Hard funds and herbaria. Biology: this species is nourished, using its tentacles oral flattened, of various organic fragments. It (charges) literally elements of the ground in its oral opening, located at the back of the body. The animal sorts the edible organic substances, and rejects the elements not metabolized such as sand, in the form of roved excrements (Ref. 358). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
(LC); Date assessed: 19 May 2010 Ref. 123251)
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| Threat to humans: |
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