Paradoxical Sea Cucumber, Bohadschia paradoxa

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Family Holothuriidae

HAWAII

Bohadschia paradoxa

Peek-a-boo, Midway Atoll, 40 feet

Honokohau, Hawaii, 100 feet
Sea Tiger, Oahu, 120 feet

PARADOXICAL SEA CUCUMBER

Common partially buried in sand in deep water. Rust orange with dark papillae and median stripe. Readily ejects cuvierian tubules. Attains 20 inches. Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific.