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Actinopyga agassizii, commonly known as the five-toothed sea cucumber or West Indian sea cucumber, [1] is a species of sea cucumber in the family Holothuriidae. It was first described by German zoologist Emil Selenka in 1867. It is native to the Western Atlantic region, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, and is harvested for food.
Synapta maculata, the snake sea cucumber, is a species of sea cucumber in the family Synaptidae. It is found in shallow waters in the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean. Sometimes growing as long as 3 m (10 ft), it is one of the longest sea cucumbers in the world.
The Philippine balatan or sea cucumber breeding/harvesting. Sea cucumbers destined for food are traditionally harvested by hand from small watercraft, a process called "trepanging" after the Indonesian Malay word for sea cucumber teripang. [3] They are dried for preservation, and must be rehydrated by boiling and soaking in water for several days.
Sea cucumbers can be found in great numbers on the deep seafloor, where they often make up the majority of the animal biomass. [17] At depths deeper than 8,900 m (5.5 mi), sea cucumbers comprise 90% of the total mass of the macrofauna. [18] Sea cucumbers form large herds that move across the bathygraphic features of the ocean, hunting food.
Holothuria (Selenkothuria) glaberrima, also known as the brown rock sea cucumber, [2] is a species of sea cucumber in the genus Holothuria, subgenus Selenkothuria. The cucumber is distributed in the Western Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico. [3] The species is found at a depth of 0–42 meters. [4]
Actinopyga varians, [1] [2] the Pacific white-spotted sea cucumber or Hawaiian sea cucumber, [3] is a species of sea cucumber in the family Holothuriidae. It is found in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii and also in the Indo-Pacific Ocean .
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Actinopyga palauensis, the Panning's blackfish, is a species of sea cucumber within the family Holothuriidae. [2] The species distribution is in the western Pacific near areas such as Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, Tonga, Niue, eastern Australia, and New Caledonia. [1]