Species FAO code: HFT

Holothuria tubulosa

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
Species distribution and habitat
Species description

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Belgium	fr Beche-de-mer nl Zeekomkommer	–
France	fr holothurie fr bêche de mer	–
Netherlands	nl Bruine zeekomkommer	–
Spain	es Cohombro tubo	Catalonia: Cogombre de mar Galicia: Cogombro de mar tubo

Main production methods

Caught

Main fishing gears

List item: Trawls

Trawls

Source: Palomares, M.L.D. and D. Pauly. Editors. SeaLifeBase. Holothuria tubulosa Gmelin, 1788

Habitat

Saltwater

FAO major fishing areas

List item: Mediterranean and Black Sea

Area 37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea

Source: Palomares, M.L.D. and D. Pauly. Editors. SeaLifeBase. Holothuria tubulosa Gmelin, 1788

Scientific name

Holothuria tubulosa

Author

Gmelin, 1788

Rank

Species

FAO code

HFT

Morphological description

Maximum size: 25 cm (Ref. 358); approximately 30 cm. maximum width: 6 cm. Average weight: 340 g (Ref. 363). Body: with more or less round cross section; is provided with the ventral face with 3 lines with parapodes with suction cup. Tegument: comprises many papillae of sunk color, prolonged by a final silk of dark color; resistant in the majority of the cases and is very seldom thin. Variable coloring of the red with nuance of brown which some time draws on the purple one. The animal is deprived of tubes of Vat (Ref. 358).

Taxonomic classification

ClassHolothuroidea
- OrderAspidochirotida
  - FamilyHolothuriidae
    - GenusHolothuria
      - SpeciesHolothuria tubulosa

Source: Palomares, M.L.D. and D. Pauly. Editors. SeaLifeBase. Holothuria tubulosa Gmelin, 1788

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