species: Polyplectana kefersteinii in taxonomy (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Polyplectana kefersteinii

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Holothuroidea
Order Apodida
Family Synaptidae
Genus Polyplectana
Species Polyplectana kefersteinii

Lizard Island area: all known taxa

Distinguishing features

A large worm-like sea cucumber with usually 25 tentacles. Brown flecked with white according to Cannon and Silver (1986) but Coleman (2007) shows a great variety of colour forms including banding in several combinations (red and white; green/brown and white; dark brown and red) with or without longitudinal red stripes.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

References that assist with identification

  • Coleman, N. (2007). Sea Stars: Echinoderms of the Asia/Indo-Pacific Neville Coleman's Underwater Geographic, Springwood, Qld. Australia.

Other references

  • Cannon, L.R.G. and H. Silver (1986). Sea Cucumbers of Northern Australia Queensland Museum, Brisbane. LIRS catalog number 229.