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cucumbers text index
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| Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea |
| Purple
sea cucumber awaiting identification* Family Cucumariidae updated Aug 10 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 angular, usually long and narrow. Long thin tube feet in rows along the length. Generally a uniform shade of purple, sometimes with alternating darker and lighter purple stripes along the length. The feeding tentacles are transparent sometimes speckled with black. The branches of the feeding tentacles have black tips. |
 Tuas, Jun 05 |
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Purple sea cucumbers on Singapore shores
 Chek Jawa, Jan 03  |
 Beting Bronok, Aug 05  |
 Beting Bronok, Aug 05  |
 Chek Jawa, May 05 |
 Changi, Jan 03 |
 Pulau Sekudu, Dec 03 |
*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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