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cotton-spinner or tubular sea cucumber (Holothuria tubulosa) Holothuria tubulosa
 Sea cucumber (a - Tentacles, b - Cloaca, c - Ambulacral feet on the ventral side, d - Papillae on the back)
 Source	Nordisk familjebok (1919), vol.28, p.282 http://runeberg.org/nfch/0159.html
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 The cotton-spinner or tubular sea cucumber (Holothuria tubulosa) is a species of sea cucumber in the family Holothuriidae. Holothuria tubulosa is found in temperate regions of the eastern Atlantic Ocean as far north as the Bay of Biscay and in the Mediterranean Sea, where it is abundant.
 
 Order:	Holothuriida
 Family:	Holothuriidae
 Genus:	Holothuria
 Species:	Holothuria tubulosa Gmelin, 1791
 Synonyms
  Holothuria cavolini delle Chiaje, 1824
 Holothuria columnae delle Chiaje, 1823, non Cuvier, 1817
 Holothuria columnae Cuvier, 1817
 Holothuria columnae de Blainville, 1821
 Holothuria maxima delle Chiaje, 1823
 Holothuria petagnae delle Chiaje, 1824
 Holothuria tremula Linnaeus, 1767    
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