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Pseudocolochirus
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Pseudocolochirus

Sea apple is a common name for the colorful and somewhat round sea cucumbers of the genera Paracucumaria and Pseudocolochirus, found in Indo-Pacific waters. Sea apples are filter feeders with tentacles, ovate bodies, and tube-like feet. They can release their internal organs or a toxin into the water when stressed.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Violet Sea Apple

speciesPseudocolochirus violaceus

Australian sea apple

speciesPseudocolochirus axiologus

sea apple

speciesPseudocolochirus unicus

Pseudocolochirus unica

speciesPseudocolochirus unica

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 67557.