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Apostichopus californicus (Giant Red Sea cucumber)

Synonyms: Holothuria californica; Parastichopus californicus; Stichopus californicus

Wikipedia Abstract

The giant California sea cucumber (Parastichopus californicus) is a sea cucumber that can be found from the Gulf of Alaska to Baja California. It is found from the low intertidal zone to a depth of 250 m (820 ft). They are most abundant in areas with moderate current with cobbles, boulders or bedrock.
View Wikipedia Record: Apostichopus californicus

Predators

Luidia foliolata (Sand star)[1]
Paralabrax nebulifer (Sea bass)[1]
Semicossyphus pulcher (California sheephead)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Enteroxenos parastichopoli[1]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0