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sea
cucumbers text index
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| Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea |
| Orange
sea cucumber awaiting identification* Family Cucumariidae updated Aug 10 Where seen? This bright orange sea cucumber is sometimes seen on our Northern shores, usually attached to coral rubble, often near sponges, sometimes partially covered by sediments, nestled up among hydroids, draped with synaptid sea cucumbers or smaller sea cucumbers. Features: 8-12cm long. Body angular with long thin tube feet in rows along the length. Bright orange sometimes with thin grey or bluish stripes lacking tube feet along the body. Its feeding tentacles are white with black spots and with pinkish or pale orange branches. |
 Changi, May 08 |
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 Half buried. Changi, Jul 10 |
 Feeding tentacles extended. Tuas, Mar 06 |
 Feeding tentacles extended. Changi, Jul 10 |
Orange sea cucumbers on Singapore shores
 East Coast, Nov 08 |
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 Sometimes many are seen together. Beting Bronok, Aug 05 |
 Bloated up. Beting Bronok, May 03 |
more photos of orange sea cucumbers on Singapore shores
northern shores part 1 | part 2
southern shores
*Species are difficult to positively identify without close examination.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of display
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