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Sea Gherkin

Pawsonia saxicola

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 95, February 70, March 110, April 173, May 249, June 272, July 291, August 250, September 183, October 137, November 75, December 58.
United States1,962
Alaska1,962
United Kingdom41
England31
Northern Ireland10
Portugal1
LISBOA1
France1
Bretagne1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • RegenerationCan regrow lost body partsFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumEchinoderms · Echinodermata
ClassSea Cucumbers · Holothuroidea
OrderFiltering sea cucumbers · Dendrochirotida
FamilyCucumariidae
GenusPawsonia

Sources

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Practise Sea Gherkin with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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