Thelenota anax: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Class
- Holothuroidea
- Order
- Synallactida
- Family
- Stichopodidae
- Genus
- Thelenota
- Species
- Thelenota anax
- Scientific Name
- Thelenota anax
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Thelenota anax
Thelenota anax is a species of sea cucumber mostly found in the tropical, South Pacific Ocean. It is also commonly known as the amber fish. Some other names for T. anax are black teatfish, blackfish, brownfish, chief sea cucumber, curryfish, elephant trunk cucumber, lollyfish, tripang, and white-teat sea cucumber. T. anax is found on sandy ocean bottoms and often have ectocommensal relationships. They are commonly fished commercially and exported because of their medicinal properties and large size.
...Thelenota anax in languages:
- English
- Amberfish Sea Cucumber
- French
- Holothurie géante
- Japanese
- アデヤカバイカナマコ
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