Scoliodota japonica

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Scoliodota japonica (Marenzeller, 1882)
Length: 8 cm
Locality: Sawane, Sado Is. Depth: 1 m
Environment: muddy sand bottom
Water temperature: 24°C
Date: Jul, 2018 Photographer: Akihito Omori

Phylum	Echinodermata
Class	Holothuroidea
Order	Apodida
Family	Chiridotidae

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(left) Close-up of tentacles (right) Spicules of S. dianthus
Photographer: Akihito Omori

＝References＝

Solis-Marin FA, Komatsu M, Soliman T, Uchida K, Shimotani T & Nozaki M. (2014) Scoliorhapis dianthus, a new species of sea cucumber (Apodida: Chiridotidae) from the Sea of Japan. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 127: 323–327.
Yamana Y, Solis-Marin FA, Yamamoto M, Ota Y, Kohtsuka H, Omori A, Iwasaki K, Setiamarga, DHE. (2022) Partial redescriptions of three holothurians with “hook papillae” (Apodida: Chiridotidae): Taeniogyrus japonicus (Marenzeller, 1882), T. dendyi (Mortensen, 1925), Scoliorhapis theelii (Heding, 1928). Zootaxa 5138 (4): 351–387.