California sea cucumber
Alternative names: Apostichopus californicus, giant California sea cucumber
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The California sea cucumber is a species of sea cucumber found from the western Aleutian Islands and Bering Sea off Alaska to Baja California.
These creatures can grow to a length of 50 cm and a width of 5 cm. They feed by sifting through sediments with the twenty retractable tentacles surrounding their mouth.