Holothuria edulis Lesson, 1830

Amjad, Farah, Ahusan, Mohamed, Amir, Hana, de Villiers, Nina M, Gress, Erika, Mah, Christopher L, Naeem, Shafiya, Rico-Seijo, Nuria, Samaai, Toufiek, Afzal, Maryiam S, Woodall, Lucy C & Stefanoudis, Paris V, 2024, An underwater imagery identification guide for shallow, mesophotic and deep-sea benthos in Maldives, Biodiversity Data Journal 12, pp. e 120128-e 120128 : e120128-

Holothuria edulis Lesson, 1830

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Holothuria edulis ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Echinodermata; class: Holothuroidea; order: Holothuriida ; family: Holothuriidae ; genus: Holothuria ; scientificNameAuthorship: Lesson, 1830; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Maldives; locality: Laamu ; minimumDepthInMeters: 57; maximumDepthInMeters: 61; locationRemarks: Nekton Maldives Mission; Identification: identifiedBy: Farah Amjad, Paris Stefanoudis; dateIdentified: 2022, 2023; identificationRemarks: Identified only from imagery; Event: samplingProtocol: Submersible OR Remotely Operated Vehicle OR Snorkel; Record Level: basisOfRecord: Human observation

Notes

Cylindrical elongated shape, surface appears smooth. Approximately 23 cm long. Pink with grey and black in colour (Fig. 272 ).

Figures

Figure 272. Holothuria edulis, Laamu, 60 m.