How deep does the Spiky Sausage Sea Cucumber live?

The Spiky Sausage Sea Cucumber (Bathyplotes moseleyi) is typically found at 24–690 m.

Spiky Sausage Sea Cucumber

Bathyplotes moseleyi

Group: Sea Cucumber
Typical depth: 24–690 m
IUCN status: DD

A sea cucumber that lies on rock in shallow water and on mud deeper down, ranging to nearly seven hundred metres. It works organic matter out of the sediment as it goes, though its conservation status remains too poorly known to assess.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Echinodermata › Holothuroidea › Synallactida › Synallactidae › Bathyplotes

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 174115.

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How deep does the Spiky Sausage Sea Cucumber live?: The Spiky Sausage Sea Cucumber (Bathyplotes moseleyi) is typically found at 24–690 m.