Holothuria flavomaculata

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Holothuria flavomaculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Holothuroidea
Order: Holothuriida
Family: Holothuriidae
Genus: Holothuria
Species:
H. flavomaculata
Binomial name
Holothuria flavomaculata
Semper, 1868

Holothuria flavomaculata, also known as the red snakefish, is a species of sea cucumber in the family Holothuriidae found in the Indo-Pacific.[1]

The entire body of Holothuria flavomaculata is dark grey, bluish-black, brownish-red to black, with notable pinkish, orangy, or reddish tips to the many big papillae and yellowish tentacles—an elongated sea cucumber, rather huge.[2] They have an average length of 35 cm, but can reach 60 cm.[3]

Distribution

Holothuria flavomaculata can be found in the Western and Central Pacific and the Indian Ocean,including the Hawaiian Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, New Caledonia, Madagascar, the Mascarene Islands, the Red Sea, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, China, the Philippines, Australia, Clipperton Island, and French Polynesia.[2]

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