Holothuria atra Jaeger, 1833

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 atra Jaeger, 1833

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Holothuria atra ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Echinodermata; class: Holothuroidea; order: Holothuriida ; family: Holothuriidae ; genus: Holothuria ; scientificNameAuthorship: Jaeger, 1833; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Maldives; locality: Vaavu, Laamu, Addu ; minimumDepthInMeters: 2; maximumDepthInMeters: 30; 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 body with smooth surface, sometimes covered in sediment. Some individuals have a more stout body shape. Black and dark green in colour. Approximately 36 cm long (Fig. 271).