Isostichopus badionotus, also known as the chocolate chip cucumber or the cookie dough sea cucumber, is a species of sea cucumber in the family Stichopodidae. This common species is found in warm parts of the Atlantic Ocean.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Chocolate Chip Sea Cucumber being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Stichopus herrmanni
- Holothuria arguinensis
- Holothuria mexicana
- Holothuria fuscocinerea
- Actinopyga mauritiana
- Holothuria sanctori
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Class
- Holothuroidea
- Order
- Synallactida
- Family
- Stichopodidae
- Genus
- Isostichopus
- Species
- Isostichopus badionotus
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