A sea cucumber (Parastichopus tremulus)
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Researched by | Morvan Barnes | Refereed by | Admin |
Authority | (Gunnerus, 1767) | ||
Other common names | - | Synonyms | Stichops tremulus |
Summary
Description
Recorded distribution in Britain and Ireland
Usually found off the Hebrides but may also occur around the Shetland Isles, in the northern North Sea and off western Ireland and Scotland.Global distribution
-Habitat
Parastichopus tremulus is a mobile benthic species usually found on rocks and silty cliffs, in sea lochs and sheltered harbours from depths over 20 m to more than 100 m.Depth range
-Identifying features
- Up to 50 cm in length.
- Bright red with black spots above; pale pink to white underneath.
- Cylindrical body with large scattered papillae.
- Three indistinct bands of tube feet.
- Mop-shaped mouth tentacles.
- Skin spicules are tables with stars and rods.
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Bibliography
Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (ed.) 1995b. Handbook of the marine fauna of North-West Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Howson, C.M. & Picton, B.E., 1997. The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Belfast: Ulster Museum. [Ulster Museum publication, no. 276.]
Mortensen, T.H., 1927. Handbook of the echinoderms of the British Isles. London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press.
Picton, B.E., 1993. A field guide to the shallow-water echinoderms of the British Isles. London: Immel Publishing Ltd.
Southward, E.C. & Campbell, A.C., 2006. Echinoderms. The Linnean Society of London. Avon: The Bath Press. [Synopses of the British Fauna No. 56.]
Datasets
NBN (National Biodiversity Network) Atlas. Available from: https://www.nbnatlas.org.
OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System), 2024. Global map of species distribution using gridded data. Available from: Ocean Biogeographic Information System. www.iobis.org. Accessed: 2024-10-09
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Last Updated: 22/05/2008