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cucumbers text index
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| Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea |
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red sea cucumber awaiting identification* Family Cucumariidae updated Dec 08 Where seen? This tiny sea cucumbers were common on Chek Jawa and Tuas, in groups of many individuals, sometimes thickly carpeting a few square metres. They settle on seaweeds and coral rubble areas, clinging to sponges, seaweeds, even other larger sea cucumbers and encrusting organisms covering the coral rubble. Features: About 1cm or shorter. Often mistaken for worms, each has all the features that bigger sea cucumbers have. Tiny long white tube feet emerge along the body length, and are used to cling to the surface, while long branched feeding tentacles emerge from the mouth. |
 Chek Jawa, Aug 02 |
 Gathered on green seaweed. Chek Jawa, Jun 05 |
 Clustered around horn-shaped sponges. Chek Jawa, May 03 |
 Chek Jawa, May 05 |
Tiny red sea cucumbers on Singapore shores
 Tuas, Apr 05  Wedged among zoanthids. |
 Chek Jawa, May 05  Clinging to a larger orange sea cucumber. |
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