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Three-Rowed Sea Cucumber

Aspect: Looks like a very large unattractive rubbery cucumber, but generally of various shades of brown, from light to dark brown with knob-shaped podia of opposite brown tone (or even yellow).
Population: Common.
Notable feature: Thus called due to its three rows of podia on its "sole", as can be seen on one of the pictures below.
Environment: Sandy and grassy bottoms.
Behaviour: -
  • French designation: Holoturie PointillĂ©e
  • Latin designation: Isostichopus badionotus
  • Creole designation: -
  • Latin family: Holothuroidea
  • Size (cm): 60-70