Fish I.d.

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-Lettuce Sea Slug/ Elysia crispata -Softbodied -Crawling

Fish Species Identification Title: Saltwater Invertebrates

Species #: 109

Common Name: Australian Sea Apple Scientific Name: Pseudocolochrius violaceus Class: Holothuroidea

Order: Dendrochirotida

Family: Cucumariidae

Genus: Pseudocolochrius

Species: P. Violaceus Geography/ Habitat: The Australian sea apple is naturally found in the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean, according to FreshMarine.com. The Australian sea apple tends to live on hard surfaces like coral reefs at approximately 40 feet below sea level.


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