Warty+Sea+Cucumber


 * Common Name: **Warty Sea Cucumber
 * Phylum: ** Echinodermata


 * Scientific Name: ** //Parastichopus parvimensis//
 * Class: ** Holothuroidea


 * Location: ** The Warty Sea Cucumber has a range from the Gulf of Alaska to Southern California. However there are literature reports that it has been harvested commercially in an around the greater Guerrero Negro area of the Baja California Pacific coast. The Warty Sea Cucumber is found in the intertidal zone at depths up to 750 feet. It is found in areas with moderate current with cobbles, boulders and bedrock. It makes seasonal migrations to different depths.


 * Size: ** The Warty Sea Cucumber reaches a maximum size of 60 cm long and 5 cm wide. It is a solitary nocturnal animal that has separate sexes and reproduces via eggs that are fertilized externally which only take a couple of weeks to develop.


 * Habitat: ** Most Sea Cucumbers have tube feet on their bodies enabling the animal to move about slowly. They also produce a white sticky substance from the anus that is a fowl tasting acid utilized as a protection mechanism; they have few predators and thus are normally well exposed. They are known as “the earthworms of the sea” feeding on algae, sand and related waste materials contributing to enrich the marine environment.




 * Living Requirements: ** They live in areas with moderate current with cobbles, boulders and bedrock. The sea cucumber draws water through its anus into the tree where respiration takes place. It then forcefully expels the water. Creeps rapidly, about one meter in fifteen minutes. Feeds on the organic detritus and small organisms in soft sediments.

**Life Cycle:** The life cycle of the Warty Sea Cucumber is unknown.

**Male and Female Differences:** None


 * Human Impact: ** None


 * Facts :) **
 * When they are scared, some cucumbers throw out their sticky internal organs to distract any predators. Then they can grow new innards!
 * Sea cucumbers have hundreds of tiny suction-cup tube feet that they use to crawl across the sea floor.
 * Warty sea cucumbers are chestnut brown with black-tipped "warts" all over their bodies.

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