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sandfish
Holothuria scabra
9.96722, 118.786
Field Notes
Description:
oblong and stout, 2inches.. it looks squishy and gummy.. grayish with darker areas.. porous body that didn't seem to protrude.
The sandfish is greyish-black on the upper side with dark-coloured wrinkles but paler on the underside. It grows up to four centimetres long, is broader than it is high and has a pliable skin. It is covered by calcareous spicules in the form of tablets and buttons
Habitat:
This species is found in shallow water on soft sediments throughout the Indo-Pacific region.
Sandfish are harvested and processed into "beche-de-mer" and eaten in China and other Pacific coastal communities.
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