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Pacific Island sea cucumbers and beche-de-mer identification cards

An identification guide presenting 21 important sea cucumber species from the Pacific Islands region. Each species is presented on facing pages that include a full-colour underwater picture of the live animal on one side and two pictures (ventral and dorsal views) of the corresponding dried product (beche-de-mer) on the other side. It also contains some basic information on the species (preferred habitat and depth, average sizes) and a short description of the dried product. Additional information on beche-de-mer processing and sea cucumber biology is given at the end of the publication.

Identification cards in pdf format (3.5 Mo)

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