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| sea cucumbers text index | photo index |
| Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea |
| Purple
sea cucumber awaiting identification* Family Cucumariidae updated Apr 2020 Where seen? This striking sea cucumber is sometimes seen on our Northern shores. It may be buried in soft silty sand or attached to seagrasses and seaweeds or to coral rubble. Features: About 8-12cm long. Body long and narrow, squarish or quadrangular in cross-section. Doesn't have a clear upper and underside. Generally a uniform shade of purple, sometimes with alternating darker and lighter purple stripes along the length. Tube feet long and thin, appearing along the body length. Tube feet pale or purple. Feeding tentacles are translucent white with yellow speckles, branched tips black. |
 Changi, Dec 03 |
 Tube feet long, thin. |
 Beting Bronok, Aug 05  |
 Chek Jawa, Jan 03  |
 Tuas, Jun 05  |
*Species are difficult to positively identify without close examination.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of display
| Purple sea cucumbers on Singapore shores |
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| Other sightings on Singapore shores |
 Pulau Tekukor, May 10 Photo shared by Marcus Ng on flickr. |
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