can anyone please do identify this sea slug(is it really a sea slug??) i got this from chennai beach. it weighs arroung 127g. has a scaly appearance like a snake. and these scales are brown colour with brown dot in the middle of the scale. near to the mouth it has more than 10 tentacles.
thank you for identifing it.
Although the pictures are not good, looks like a holothurian, especially by the two dorsal lines (bivium). You should make a preparation of the integument to check for sclerites
Sea cucumber for sure and could be either Holothuria spinifera or Actinopyga echinites. Both are common along the south east coast of India. If you have collected the specimen from Marine Beach, it would have probably come from the by catch from Kasimedu fishing harbour and got drifted to the beach which is closeby or might be from the bycatch of nets from smaller traditional boats..
Hello Gowri,
I agree with Deepak, its a member of the family Holothuriidae (Aspidochirotida) ... for genus/species identification you may check the microscopic calcareous ossicles of the body-wall ... best wishes, Mike
Sea cucmbers are protected marine life under the WILDLIFE PROTECTION ACT (1978) OF INDIA!!!
This is sea cucumber belongs to the family Holothuriidae it seems to be holothurian??
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