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Fish, Crustaceans & Cephalopods

Beche De Mer
(Sea Cucumber)

Sea Cucumbers or Beche-De-Mer are cylindrical, elongated or worm-like shape. They are found in a variety of colours ranging from pitch black to white and light yellow, and are generally designed to blend in with their habitat.

Shape: Almost cylindrical but with a flat underside.  Three rows of tube feet on the underside and five anal teeth.

Colour: Looks very much like the deep-water redfish, Actinopyga echinites, but its body does not have a coating of sand.

Habitat: Found only on the outside of reefs, where the surf breaks and where there is no terrigenous action, at depths of between 0 and 5 metres.  The tube feet are very firmly attached to the seabed to prevent the animal from being carried away by the waves.  Average density is several hundred individuals per hectare.

Value: Low to medium commercial value, partly made up for by the high population density.

Surf Redfish

Processed Surf Redfish

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Grading Beche-De-Mer or Sea Cucumber

External and Internal Features of Sea Cucumbers

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