Sea cucumbers

At about 18 meters below the surface of the water in Thailand, I found this fellow. My critter book tells me he is supposed to be brown to tan in color; I guess no one told him.

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Sea cucumbers are the less glamorous cousins of starfish and sea urchins, occurring in all of the major oceans and seas. As a delicacy in many Asian cultures, they are appreciated for their soft texture, dietary and medicinal properties.

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Johnsons’ sea cucumber is not among the deep sea cucumbers that are able to swim to find prey. This species relies on particles of food falling from the surface as marine snow and prey it can find in the seafloor sediment. “Swimming” is limited to flexing its muscular body, inching along the seafloor on its tube feet. This sea cucumber is an echinoderm. It is related to sea stars, sea urchins, and sand dollars. Little is known about the life cycle. However, scientists are beginning to learn…

Sea cucumber (Thelenota sp.) spawning. Microscopic sex cells (gametes) are being released to allow fertilisation (the fusing of a male and a female sex cell).

Sea cucumbers have a few methods of self defense. One of them is to excrete sticky threads that can trap their predators. Another way they defend themselves is by ejected all their organs to make a quick escape, then regenerating the missing body parts later. Sea cucumbers can also mutilate their bodies, discarding entire pieces and growing them back. These guys are RUTHLESS, but only to themsleves, really. Image: Ethan Daniels / Shutterstock #seacucumber #selfdefense #ocean #animals…

Sea cucumbers might not look it, but they are very valuable creatures. They are so prized that divers will risk their lives to get ahold of one.

Sea cucumbers are echinoderms from the class Holothuroidea. They are marine animals with a leathery skin and an elongated body containing a single, branched gonad. Sea cucumbers are found on the sea floor worldwide. Wikipedia

Nudibranchs are gastropod mollusks which live in the oceans worldwide from the polar regions to the tropics. The slugs live in virtually all depths and various species range from the shallow inter…

The sea cucumbers are named after their resemblance to the vegetable cucumber, but in reality they are one of the most amazing creatures in the sea!

Sea cucumber anus. Sea cucumbers feed on the edible parts in-between the sand, and then poop out the sand. Join me at the Amontiphoto underwater photo event February 20-22, in Dauin, Negros, Philippines!

Scientists at Queen Mary, University of London investigated the genes of marine creatures such as sea urchins and sea cucumbers, known as echinoderms.

Sea cucumber. Photo: Abby Wood. Read the full story at: www.rh.gatech.edu/

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Holothuroidea also known as Sea Cucumber