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Sea Cucumber
Lipotrapeza vestiens
-38.4171, 145.079
Field Notes
Description:
A 50 mm long soft bodied sea cucumber with tapering ends. There appeared to be a paler side to the body, possibly the ventral side. The body was covered with small papillae which I assume are the tube feet.
Habitat:
Washed ashore and was found along the high tide mark amongst seaweeds - Westernport, Victoria <br>
It was probably alive and was returned to the ocean.
Notes:
This species is said to frequently extrude its intestines when disturbed and like most other sea cucumbers, the gut regenerates. <br>
https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/specimens/1828768 <br>
Phylum: Echinodermata <br>
Class: Holothuroidea <br>
Order: Dendrochirotida <br>
Family: Phyllophoridae
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