Holothurians, SeaCucumbers, Beche-de-mer

Robust Sea Cucumber (Colochirus robustus) feeding at night, showing one of the arms depositing food adhering to the stick arms or tentacles that surround the mouth.
Robust Sea Cucumber (Colochirus robustus) feeding at night, showing one of the arms depositing food adhering to the stick arms or tentacles that surround the mouth. Holothuroidea single one alone lonely isolated individual colour color colourful colorful vibrant vibrent vibrint yellow eat eating eater feed feeding feeder consume consuming devour devouring |Robust Sea Cucumber (Colochirus robustus)

Leopard Sea Cucumber (Bohadschia argus) foraging over coral reef rubble flat. Commercial species collected for food and medical uses.
Leopard Sea Cucumber (Bohadschia argus) foraging over coral reef rubble flat. Commercial species collected for food and medical uses. holothurian holothurians beche de mer beche-de-mer bech-de-mer bech seacucumber cucumber cucumbers slug sluggish filter vacuum vacumming invertebrate invertebrates single one alone lonely isolated individual spots spotted dot dots dotted spot speckled specks camouflage camoflage camouflaged camoflaged hidden hiding hide cryptic Various Invert |Leopard Sea Cucumber (Bohadschia argus)

Banded Holothurian (Bohadschia marmorata) or Banded Sea Cucumber excreting it's sticky intestines as a defense mechanism.
Banded Holothurian (Bohadschia marmorata) or Banded Sea Cucumber excreting it's sticky intestines as a defense mechanism. single one alone lonely isolated individual spots spotted dot dots dotted spot speckled specks strange unusual weird bizarre bizzare bizzarre ugly freak freaky holothurian holothurians beche de mer beche-de-mer bech-de-mer bech seacucumber cucumber cucumbers slug sluggish filter vacuum vacumming invertebrate invertebrates Various Invert |Banded Holothurian (Bohadschia marmorata)

Robust Sea Cucumbers (Colochirus robustus) on Tunicate or Solitary Ascidian (Polycarpa aurata).
Robust Sea Cucumbers (Colochirus robustus) on Tunicate or Solitary Ascidian (Polycarpa aurata). Holothuroidea mass many group together same identical similar yellow colour color colourful colorful vibrant vibrent vibrint Sea squirts Ascidiacea Ascidians Ascidie Tunicates Urochordata Ascidiacea eat eating eater feed feeding feeder consume consuming devour devouring vertical invertebrates |Robust Sea Cucumbers (Colochirus robustus)

Orange Sea Cucumber (Cucumaria miniata)
Orange Sea Cucumber (Cucumaria miniata) Holothuroiidae Holothuroidea single one alone lonely isolated individual colour color colourful colorful vibrant vibrent vibrint orange red holothurian holothurians beche de mer beche-de-mer bech-de-mer bech seacucumber cucumber cucumbers slug sluggish filter vacuum vacumming invertebrate invertebrates soft delicate fragile breakable filter filtering filter-feeder |Orange Sea Cucumber (Cucumaria miniata)

Sea Cucumber (Bohadschia graeffei) foraging over coral reef.
Sea Cucumber (Bohadschia graeffei) foraging over coral reef. single one alone lonely isolated individual camouflage camoflage camouflaged camoflaged hidden hiding hide cryptic spots spotted dot dots dotted spot speckled specks beche-de-mer seacucumber holothurian holothurians eat eating eater feed feeding feeder consume consuming devour devouring Various Invert |Sea Cucumber (Bohadschia graeffei)

Holothurian (Neothyonidlum dearmatum) Sea Cucumber species which buries itself in the sea bed with just the feeding arms exposed.
Holothurian (Neothyonidlum dearmatum) Sea Cucumber species which buries itself in the sea bed with just the feeding arms exposed. single one alone lonely isolated individual camouflage camoflage camouflaged camoflaged hidden hiding hide cryptic strange unusual weird bizarre bizzare bizzarre ugly freak freaky arm arms filter filtering Various Invert |Holothurian (Neothyonidlum dearmatum)

Diver inspecting Holothurian (Holothuria fuscopunctata) near Gorgonian Sea Fan.
Diver inspecting Holothurian (Holothuria fuscopunctata) near Gorgonian Sea Fan. dive diver diving adventure tourist ecotourism eco tourism tourism adventurous discover discovery discovering vertical seafan slug torch Various Invert |Diver inspecting Holothurian (Holothuria fuscopunctata)

Leopard Sea Cucumber (Bohadschia argus) foraging over coral reef rubble flat. Commercial species collected for food and medical uses.
Leopard Sea Cucumber (Bohadschia argus) foraging over coral reef rubble flat. Commercial species collected for food and medical uses. holothurian holothurians beche de mer beche-de-mer bech-de-mer bech seacucumber cucumber cucumbers slug sluggish filter vacuum vacumming invertebrate invertebrates single one alone lonely isolated individual spots spotted dot dots dotted spot speckled specks camouflage camoflage camouflaged camoflaged hidden hiding hide cryptic Various Invert |Leopard Sea Cucumber (Bohadschia argus)

California Sea Cucumber (Parastichopus californicus) with Red Sea Urchins (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus)
California Sea Cucumber (Parastichopus californicus) with Red Sea Urchins (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus) Holothuroiidae Holothuroidea single one alone lonely isolated individual holothurian holothurians beche de mer beche-de-mer bech-de-mer bech seacucumber cucumber cucumbers slug sluggish filter vacuum vacumming invertebrate invertebrates spike spikes spiked spine spines sharp point pointed barb barbed |California Sea Cucumber (Parastichopus californicus)

Sea Cucumber (Holothuria pervicax) (Merteusiothuria) feeding and defecating on granite boulder.
Sea Cucumber (Holothuria pervicax) (Merteusiothuria) feeding and defecating on granite boulder. single one alone lonely isolated individual eat eating eater feed feeding feeder consume consuming devour devouring defecate crap Various Invert |Sea Cucumber (Holothuria pervicax)

Leopard Holothurian or Sea Cucumber (Bohadschia argus) Male releasing sperm during spawning session.
Leopard Holothurian or Sea Cucumber (Bohadschia argus) Male releasing sperm during spawning session. sex reproduce reproduction pattern spots spotted Various Invert |Leopard Holothurian or Sea Cucumber (Bohadschia argus)

Red Holothurian or Prickly Red Fish (Thelenota ananas) foraging on coral sand. Commercial species.
Red Holothurian or Prickly Red Fish (Thelenota ananas) foraging on coral sand. Commercial species. slug slither vacuum vacuume filter filtered sandy Various Invert |Red Holothurian or Prickly Red Fish (Thelenota ananas)

Toothpaste Holothurian (Synaptula lamperti ) (Synaptidae family) on Barrel Sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria) Petrosiidae family.
Toothpaste Holothurian (Synaptula lamperti ) [Synaptidae family] on Barrel Sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria) colour color orange commensal vertical Various Invert |Toothpaste Holothurian (Synaptula lamperti )

Toothpaste Holothurian (Synaptula lamperti ) Synaptidae family.
Toothpaste Holothurian (Synaptula lamperti ) colour color orange commensal Various Invert |Toothpaste Holothurian (Synaptula lamperti )

Holothurian (Synapta sp.) Synaptidae family.
Holothurian (Synapta sp.) climb clamber crawling Various Invert |Holothurian (Synapta sp.)

Leopard Sea Cucumber (Bohadschia argus) foraging over coral reef rubble flat.
Leopard Sea Cucumber (Bohadschia argus) foraging over coral reef rubble flat. Commercial species collected for food and medical uses. holothurian holothurians beche de mer beche-de-mer bech-de-mer bech seacucumber cucumber cucumbers slug sluggish filter vacuum vacumming invertebrate invertebrates single one alone lonely isolated individual spots spotted dot dots dotted spot speckled specks camouflage camoflage camouflaged camoflaged hidden hiding hide cryptic Various Invert |Leopard Sea Cucumber (Bohadschia argus)

Red Holothurian (Thelenota ananas) or Prickly Red Fish feeding on detrius fallen on hard coral.
Red Holothurian (Thelenota ananas) or Prickly Red Fish feeding on detrius fallen on hard coral. Holothuroiidae Holothuroidea single one alone lonely isolated individual spike spikes spiked spine spines sharp point pointed eat eating eater feed feeding feeder consume consuming devour devouring curl curled curling awkward tuck tucked grip grab gripping grabbing hold holding grasp grasping grasped held |Red Holothurian (Thelenota ananas)

Lion's Paw Sea Cucumber (Euapta godeffroyi), Beche-de-mer foraging over sandy sea bed at night.
Lion's Paw Sea Cucumber (Euapta godeffroyi), Beche-de-mer foraging over sandy sea bed at night. Various Invert single one alone lonely isolated individual yellow soft delicate fragile breakable eat eating eater feed feeding feeder consume consuming devour devouring strange unusual weird bizarre bizzare bizzarre ugly freak freaky holothurian holothurians beche de mer beche-de-mer bech-de-mer bech seacucumber cucumber cucumbers slug sluggish filter vacuum vacumming invertebrate invertebrates |Lion's Paw Sea Cucumber (Euapta godeffroyi)

Red Holothurian (Thelenota ananas) or Prickly Red Fish foraging on coral sand flats. Commercial species collected for food and medicinal use
Red Holothurian (Thelenota ananas) or Prickly Red Fish foraging on coral sand flats. Holothuroidea Commercial species collected for food and medical use. single one alone lonely isolated individual strange unusual weird bizarre bizzare bizzarre ugly freak freaky spike spikey spiky spikes spine spines sea cucumber beche de mer vertical Various Invert curl curled spike spikes spiked spine spines sharp point pointed holothurian holothurians beche de mer beche-de-mer bech-de-mer bech seacucumber cucumber cucumbers slug sluggish filter vacuum vacumming invertebrate invertebrates |Red Holothurian (Thelenota ananas)