Holothuria arguinensis, Holothuria mammata and Holothuria forskali are three common sea cucumber species found in the NE Atlantic, traded in international markets and susceptible to capture. Allometric relationships reveal if the scaling relationships between biometric characters are proportional with growth, being a useful tool to understand species growth strategies. Allometric relationships of the three species were estimated and compared between them and with populations from different regions. These allometric relationships revealed that the three species have negative allometric growth. However, they have different growth strategies between them and reveal different regional intra-specific growth strategies when compared to other populations, suggesting ontogenetic adaptation as a consequence of external factors.

中华绒螯蟹菌，玛氏梭菌和福斯卡利梭菌（Holothuria forskali）是在东北大西洋发现的三种常见海参，在国际市场上有交易，很容易被捕获。异速生长关系揭示了生物特征之间的比例关系是否与生长成正比，是了解物种生长策略的有用工具。估计了这三种物种的异形关系，并将它们与不同地区的种群进行了比较。这些异形关系揭示了这三个物种的异形生长为负。但是，它们之间有不同的生长策略，与其他种群相比，它们揭示了不同的区域种内生长策略，这表明由于外在因素导致的个体发育适应。