Isostichopus badionotus

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iIsostichopus badionotus

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Holothuroideaia
Order: Aspidochirotida
Family: Stichopodidae
Genus: Isostichopus
Species: I. badionotus
Binomial name
Isostichopus badionotus
Selenka, 1867

Isostichopus badionotus, also known as the chocolate chip cucumber or the cookie dough sea cucumber, is a sea cucumber common in the western Atlantic Ocean.

It is a large species that grows to a length of 45 centimeters. It has distinctive dark coloured "warts" in three rows on its dorsal surface, the rest of the body may vary from white through to shades of orange to brown. The mouth is located ventrally and surrounded by about 20 large tentacles.

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