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Sea Cucumber, Strawberry

Scientific name:

Squamocnus brevidentis

Maori name:

Other names:

Category:

Invertebrate

Phylum:

Echinodermata

Class:

Holothuroidea

Family:

Cucumariidae

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Common habitat(s):

Rocky Reef Subtidal

Other information:

Feeding:

Filter Feeder

Distribution:

New Zealand

Edibility:

Inedible

Size:

Coin Sized

Identification:

A small sea cucumber, Body up to 55 mm long (live, tentacles partly extended). Bright red with white flecks.

Habitat:

Common in Doubtful Sound and Preservation Inlet.

Diet:

Feeds on plankton which it catches with its buccal (mouth) tentacles.

Lifestyle:

Notes:

References:

Collins: Gunson