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Scarlet Sea Cucumber
Echinoderm
Scarlet Sea Cucumber
Psolus fabricii (Düben & Koren, 1846)
WoRMS AphialID
124703
Sample IDs
HMSC174-00128 https://bench.boldsystems.org/index.php/MAS_DataRetrieval_OpenSpecimen?selectedrecordid=ATCEC009-23; HMSC174-00181 https://bench.boldsystems.org/index.php/MAS_DataRetrieval_OpenSpecimen?selectedrecordid=ATCEC015-23; HMSC174_01093 https://bench.boldsystems.org/index.php/MAS_DataRetrieval_OpenSpecimen?selectedrecordid=ATCEC026-24
Collected
Southern Shore NS, Eastern Shore NS, Les Escoumins QC, SCUBA hand collection on boulders with kelp, rocks and mud, 8-24 m depth.
Distinguishing Features
• Tube Feet: along the edge of the flattened sole
• Body: bright red orange with overlapping scales, distinct flattened sole and no tail
• Oral Tentacles: 10 arborescent tentacles
• Dermal Calcareous Elements: absent
• Size: to 10 cm
Habitat
Attached to hard substrates, 10-80 m depth.
Geographic Range
Arctic and North Atlantic oceans, from the Arctic to North Carolina.
Fun Fact
You can determine the age of this sea cucumber by examining the rings on their body scales, similar to counting the rings within a tree trunk. Each year a layer with one light and one dark band is added to their scales.
Barcode Distribution
BIN matching New Brunswick, Churchill and Greenland.
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