Holothuria arguinensis

{{Short description|Species of sea cucumber}} {{Speciesbox | image = Cohombro de mar pardo (Holothuria arguinensis), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2020-07-23, DD 34.jpg | genus = Holothuria | species = arguinensis | authority = Koehler & Vaney, 1906 }} thumb|Group of ''Holothuria arguinensis''. '''''Holothuria arguinensis''''' is a species of sea cucumber in the family Holothuriidae and subgenus ''Roweothuria''.<ref name="ha-marinespecies" /> It is found in waters off the northeast Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.<ref name="ha-sealifebase" /><ref name="ha-marqueta-2017" /> According to some scholarly research, the species is actively expanding its range and colonizing the south-eastern coast of Spain.<ref name="ha-maine bio record" />

The species lives on sandy and seagrass beds in shallow waters and up to depths of 52 meters.<ref name="ha-marqueta-2017" /><ref name="ha-mohsen-2021" /> It has a rigid and somewhat cylindrical body. A mature specimen can be 35 cm long and weigh 270 grams. Spawning is in summer to autumn.<ref name="ha-mohsen-2021" /> Reproduction success depends on environmental factors, primarily availability of daylight and water temperature – other likely factors include abundance of food, tidal flow and water salinity. The species is a fishery resource and in demand in Asian markets.<ref name="ha-marqueta-2017" />

==References== {{Reflist|refs=

<ref name="ha-marinespecies">{{Cite web|title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - ''Holothuria arguinensis'' Koehler & Vaney, 1906|url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=732218|access-date=2020-08-07|website=www.marinespecies.org}}</ref>

<ref name="ha-sealifebase">{{Cite web|title=''Holothuria arguinensis''|url=https://www.sealifebase.se/summary/Holothuria-arguinensis.html|access-date=2020-08-07|website=www.sealifebase.se}}</ref>

<ref name="ha-marqueta-2017">{{Cite journal|last1=Marquet|first1=Nathalie|last2=Conand|first2=Chantal|last3=Power|first3=Deborah M.|last4=Canário|first4=Adelino V. M.|last5=González-Wangüemert|first5=Mercedes|date=2017-07-01|title=Sea cucumbers, ''Holothuria arguinensis'' and ''H. mammata'', from the southern Iberian Peninsula: Variation in reproductive activity between populations from different habitats|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165783617300747|journal=Fisheries Research|language=en|volume=191|pages=120–130|doi=10.1016/j.fishres.2017.03.007|bibcode=2017FishR.191..120M |issn=0165-7836|hdl=10400.1/13089|hdl-access=free|url-access=subscription}} [http://www.meercas.com/upload/201705/13/201705131906160301.pdf PDF link] </ref>

<ref name="ha-maine bio record">{{cite journal|author1=Mercedes González-Wangüemert|author2=Giomar Borrero-Pérez|date=August 2012|title=A new record of Holothuria arguinensis colonizing the Mediterranean Sea|journal=Marine Biodiversity Records|volume=5|issue=E105|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/marine-biodiversity-records/article/abs/new-record-of-holothuria-arguinensis-colonizing-the-mediterranean-sea/293FA36174A5E4887D225ECA542A34C3|doi=10.1017/S1755267212000887|bibcode=2012MBdR....5E.105G |access-date=October 3, 2021|url-access=subscription|hdl=10400.1/9034|hdl-access=free}}</ref>

<ref name="ha-mohsen-2021">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VfMhEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA65|title=Sea Cucumbers: Aquaculture, Biology and Ecology|editor1=Mohamed Mohsen|editor2=Hongsheng Yang|publisher=Elsevier Science|year=2021|access-date=October 3, 2021|isbn=9780128243985|pages=65–66}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{cite journal|author1=Jorge A. Domínguez-Godino|author2=Mercedes González-Wangüemert|date=March 2019|title=Holothuria arguinensis: as new sea cucumber species for aquaculture|journal=SPC Beche-de-mer Information Bulletin|publisher=SPC Coastal Fisheries Programme|issue=39|pages=60–64|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332572238|issn=1025-4943}}

Category:Holothuriidae Category:Animals described in 1906