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Australostichopus
Australostichopus mollis, formerly Stichopus mollis, commonly known as brown sea cucumber or Australasian sea cucumber, is a species of sea cucumber that has stimulated interest for its fishery potential in the Southern Hemisphere, and for its capability to reduce waste produced by aquaculture. It is the sole species in the genus Australostichopus. Despite its ecological role and abundance in New Zealand coastal waters, the scarcity of knowledge regarding A. mollis biology and ecology has hindered the...
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 432817.