Bohadschia argus

Japanese: ジャノメナマコ(英語表記)Bohadschia argus
Bohadschia argus
Class Holothuria, Order Scutellaria, Family Holothuridae. A large sea cucumber that can reach a body length of up to 35 cm, with rounded ends, a flat ventral surface, and a white body surface with scattered peculiar snake-eye-like markings. The markings are 0.4-0.7 cm in diameter, and consist of a black spot surrounded by a yellow circle and a black ring around it, but sometimes adjacent markings fuse together to form a large pattern. There are 20 tentacles, and the calcareous ring is made up of 10 bony plates. The tube feet are on the ventral surface and are also scattered among the dorsal warts. The bone fragments on the body surface are flower-patterned, and those on the dorsal surface are finer and more complex than those on the ventral surface. It is widely distributed in the coral reef areas of the western Pacific Ocean south of Amami Oshima. In Amami Oshima, they are boiled and dried to make edible sea cucumbers (sardines). (→ Sea cucumbers)

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Japanese:
棘皮動物門ナマコ綱楯手目クロナマコ科。体長 35cmにもなる大型のナマコで,両端が丸く,腹面は扁平,体表には白色地に特異な蛇の目様の斑紋が散在する。斑紋の直径は 0.4~0.7cmで,黒点を中心にして黄色部が円状に取囲み,さらにその外側を黒色の輪が縁どっているが,ときに隣接した斑紋が癒合して大型の模様をつくることがある。触手は 20本あり,石灰環は 10個の骨板から成る。管足は腹面にあるほか,背面の疣足 (いぼあし) の間にも散在する。体表にある骨片は花紋様体で,背面のものは腹面のものより細かく,複雑である。奄美大島以南の西太平洋のサンゴ礁地域に広く分布する。奄美大島では煮て干して海参 (いりこ) にして食用にする。 (→ナマコ類 )

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