Apostichopus parvimensis

Apostichopus parvimensis, commonly known as the warty sea cucumber, is a Pacific species of sea cucumber that can be found from the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico, to Monterey Bay, California, USA, although only scattered individuals were reported to occur north of Point Conception, California.Chávez, E. a., De Lourdes Salgado-Rogel, M. a., & Palleiro-Nayar, J. (2011). Stock assessment of the warty sea cucumber fishery (Parastichopus parvimensis) of NW Baja California. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Reports, 52, 136–147. It is found mainly in low energy environments from the intertidal zone down to 30 m,Bruckner A. W. 2006. Sea cucumber population status, fisheries and trade in the United States. In: Proceedings of the CITES workshop on the conservation of the sea cucumber in the families Holothuriidae and Stichopodidae. A. W. Brucker (Ed), NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-OPR-34, USA, pp. 192–202 but can occur as deep as 60 m.

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