Actinopyga agassizii

(Five-toothed Sea Cucumber)

Size

Length: 20-25cm (8-10")

Recognition Characters

Medium to large sized sea cucumber. Five conspicuous, hard, white teeth surround anus. Podia on back are small and knobby. Skin is thick and leathery. Tube feet are in 3 bands ventrally scattered dorsally as papillae.

Color

Mottled yellow-brown to mixed brown and cream.

Habitat & Depth

Sandy or soft sediment bottoms and seagrass beds. To 25m.

Distribution at GRNMS

Occasional. Found on sandy bottoms surrounding ledges.

Geographic Range

North Carolina south to the Caribbean. Gulf of Mexico, Bermuda

Behavior & Notes

Synonyms

References

Humann 1992a, Ruppert and Fox 1988