Burrowing Shaggy Sea Cucumber (Athyonidium chilensis)

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Athyonidium chilensis

(Semper, 1868)

Burrowing Shaggy Sea Cucumber

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Taxonomy

Class

Holothuroidea

Order

Dendrochirotida

Family

Cucumariidae

Where to find it

common

Other species in Cucumariidae

Pink Warty Sea Cucumber (Cercodemas anceps)

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Yellow Sea Cucumber (Colochirus robustus)

Colochirus robustus

Yellow Sea Cucumber

Thorny Sea Cucumber (Colochirus quadrangularis)

Colochirus quadrangularis

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Pigmy Sea Cucumber (Aslia pygmaea)

Aslia pygmaea

Pigmy Sea Cucumber

Flame Sea Cucumber (Cucumaria flamma)

Cucumaria flamma

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Brown Sea Cucumber (Aslia lefevrei)

Aslia lefevrei

Brown Sea Cucumber

Australocnus calcareus

Australocnus calcareus

Amphicyclus thomsoni

Amphicyclus thomsoni

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