(Semper, 1868)

B. graeffei is a pale cream-coloured sea cucumber with brown speckling and low papillae. It's a long, large species with with three longitudinal bands of tube feet below. Its tentacles are black with white crowns. Its spicules resemble a somewhat tack-like bundle of spinose rods described as racquet-like by Rowe (1969)(B. graeffei spicules). They occur on reefs, exposed on hard subtidal substrates, and are active in daylight.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Holothuroidea
Order Aspidochirotida
Family Holothuriidae
Genus Bohadschia
Species Bohadschia graeffei

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Synonym of Pearsonothuria graeffei (Semper, 1868)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Bohadschia graeffei (Semper, 1868)

Holothuria graeffei Semper, 1868
Holothuria (Bohadschia) graeffei Panning, 1929

Cannon, L.R.G. and Silver, H. 1986. Sea Cucumbers of Northern Australia. Queensland Museum, South Brisbane, Australia, 60 pp.

Clark, A.M. and Rowe, F.W.E. 1971. 'Monograph of shallow water Indo-west Pacific Echinoderms.' (London:British Museum).

Panning, A. 1929-1935. Die Gattung Holothuria. Mitt. zool. St. Inst. Hamb. (1929) 44:91-138; (1934) 45:65-84; (1935) 45:85-107.

Pearson, J. 1914. Proposed reclassification of the genera Mülleria and Holothuria. Spolia zeylan. 9:163-172.

Rowe F.W.E and Doty, J.E. 1977. The shallow water holothurians of Guam. Micronesica 13: 217-50.

Rowe, F.W.E. 1969. A review of the family Holothuriidae (Holothurioidea Aspidochirotida). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Zoology) 18: 119-70.

Semper, C. 1868. Holothurien. In 'Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen. 2. Wissenschaftliche Resultate.' (Wiesbaden: Kreidel).

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