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Holothuria leucospilota : ウィキペディア英語版 | Holothuria leucospilota
''Holothuria leucospilota'', commonly known as the black sea cucumber, is a species of marine invertebrate in the family Holothuriidae. It has been placed in the subgenus ''Mertensiothuria'' making its full scientific name ''Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) leucospilota''. It is the type species of the subgenus〔 and is found on the seabed in shallow water in the western Indo-Pacific. ==Description== ''Holothuria leucospilota'' is a medium sized sea cucumber reaching a length of up to when relaxed but it can stretch to about a metre (yard) when extended. It is roughly cylindrical, tapering towards the posterior end. At the anterior end, there are twenty oral tentacles with branched tips. These surround the mouth which is on the under side of the body. The animal is soft and pliable and is covered with fleshy papillae. The usual colour is charcoal grey or reddish-black with pale grey tube feet on the underside but off the African coast it is described as being bright or dark brown with white patches which are larger towards the posterior end.〔
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