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cucumbers text index
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| Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea |
| Remarkable
sea cucumber Holothuria notabilis Family Holothuriidae updated Aug 10 Where seen? This large long smooth sea cucumber with dark markings is sometimes seen buried near seagrasses on some of our shores. Those seen were buried in the sand near the low water mark, with only a tip of the body sticking out. Features: 10-12cm long. Body cylindrical and sausage-like, tapering at the ends. Mostly pale or white with irregular darker blotches. It has an obvious underside which is paler with fewer dark markings. The tube feet seem small and stumpy. It appears to have a small mouth with tiny feeding tentacles. Colours seen include pale white with darker or brown markings, orange to yellow with darker markings. It secretes white tubules when disturbed. |
 Changi, Aug 08 |
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 Few stumpy tube feet. |
 Paler underside. |
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Remarkable sea cucumbers on Singapore shores
 Pulau Semakau, Aug 11 |
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 Changi, Apr 10 |
 Changi, Apr 10 |
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 Changi, Apr 09 |
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more photos of remarkable sea cucumbers on Singapore shores
northern shores
sourthern shores part 1 | part 2
| Acknowledgement With grateful thanks to Robin Ngiam Wen Jiang of NParks Biodiversity Centre for finding out and sharing the identity and providing photos of the ossicles. |
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