Isostichopus badionotus

Taxobox
name = "Isostichopus badionotus"

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image_width = 240px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Echinodermata
classis = Holothuroideaia
ordo = Aspidochirotida
familia = Stichopodidae
genus = "Isostichopus"
species = "I. badionotus"
binomial = "Isostichopus badionotus"
binomial_authority = Selenka, 1867

"Isostichopus badionotus", also known as the chocolate chip cucumber or the cookie dough sea cucumber, is a sea cucumber common in the western Atlantic Ocean.

It is a large species that grows to a length of 45 centimeters. It has distinctive dark coloured "warts" in three rows on its dorsal surface, the rest of the body may vary from white through to shades of orange to brown. The mouth is located ventrally and surrounded by about 20 large tentacles.

References

* [http://striweb.si.edu/bocas_database/details.php?id=1293 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute]