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Description 19" (48 cm) long, 5" (127 mm) wide. Cucumber-shaped. Dark reddish-brown above, paler beneath, paler in young specimens, tube feet orange-tinted. Round, long, tapered to rounded point at rear, somewhat tapered at head end; soft, smooth. Neck with mouth and tentacles retractable; 10 highly-branched tentacles that can extend 1/2 body length or more. 5 crowded rows of tube feet, 2 on upper side, 3 below.

Habitat On rocky shores, overhanging rocks, in crevices; from low-tide line to water 1208' (368 m) deep.

Range Arctic to Cape Cod.

Discussion This is the largest and most conspicuous sea cucumber in New England.