This guide book provides information on 60 species of commercial sea cucumbers including annotated scientific illustrations of the body and spicules; colour photographs of live and dry specimen, information on nomenclature together with FAO names and common names used in different countries and regions; basic information on size, habitat, biology, fisheries, human consumption, market value and trade; geographic distribution maps. The volume is fully indexed and contains an introduction, a glossary, and a dedicated bibliography.
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Commercially important sea cucumbers of the world
FAO Species Catalog for Fishery Purposes, 1020-8682, FAO
2012
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- Title
- Commercially important sea cucumbers of the world
- Creators
- Steven W Purcell - Southern Cross UniversityYves Samyn - Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, BelgiumChantal Conand - University of Reunion Island
- Comment
Please see https://epubs.scu.edu.au/esm_pubs/3494 for Chinese translation version of publication
- Series
- FAO Species Catalog for Fishery Purposes; 1020-8682
- Publisher
- FAO; Rome
- Number of pages
- 149
- Identifiers
- 9789251067192; 2551; 991012821625802368
- Copyright
- © FAO 2012.
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Science and Engineering; Marine Ecology Research Centre; National Marine Science Centre; School of Environment, Science and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book