survey of the shallow-water sea cucumbers of the central philippines
survey of the shallow-water sea cucumbers of the central philippines
survey of the shallow-water sea cucumbers of the central philippines
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White-bottomed Sea Cucumber<br />
Actinopyga lecanora<br />
This <strong>sea</strong> cucumber with a thick, muscular body wall, grows to 25 cm in length, mottled in<br />
chestnut with numerous whitish blotches to uniformly chestnut or olive. It possesses a<br />
characteristic white posterior. The only nocturnal species <strong>of</strong> Actinopyga, it is usually found on<br />
<strong>the</strong> forereef slope to at least 20 m.<br />
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