Three-rowed sea cucumber
Isostichopus badionotus
(Selenka, 1867)
Description:
On the underside of this large sea cucumber are three rows of podia. The ground color of this sea cucumber is in shades of orange-brown with dark spots. On the upper side are small knob-like podia that are often in contrasting color.
Size: up to 40 cm.
Habitat:
It lives on the sandy bottoms around reefs, sandy rubble areas and in grass beds.
Depth: ranges from 3 m down to 25 m.
Distribution:
Occasional all over the Caribbean.