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Body can be squarish or rectangular in shape. With rows of prominent tapering papillae along the corners of the body. Body is grayish-red, while the underside and papillae are usually red. Feeding tentacles have yellow stalks and dark red branches. Tube feet are light red.
Intertidal, to depths reaching 100 meters. Attached on rocks or laying in sandy areas and seagrass patches. Suspension feeder. Collect planktons and organic detritus via its feeding tentacles (Ref. 125532).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Members of the class Holothuroidea are gonochoric and have only one gonad. Spawning and fertilization are both external and some exhibit brooding. Life cycle: Embryos develop into planktotrophic larvae (auricularia) then into doliolaria (barrel-shaped stage) which later metamorphose into juvenile sea cucumbers.