''Holothuria (Selenkothuria) bacilla'' is a species of
sea cucumber
Sea cucumbers are echinoderms from the class Holothuroidea (). They are marine animals with a leathery skin and an elongated body containing a single, branched gonad. Sea cucumbers are found on the sea floor worldwide. The number of holothuria ...
in the genus ''
Holothuria'', subgenus ''Selenkothuria''. First described by Cherbonnier in 1988, the species is found in the Indian Ocean off the coast of
Madagascar. One source has also recorded the species as being present in the
Persian Gulf. The cucumber is a mobile bottom feeder and lives at a depth of between 5–10 cm.
References
Holothuriidae
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