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Indo-Pacific, Duration 55 seconds
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Colochirus sp. is not the primary subject of the video clip; the primary subject is Pseudocolochirus violaceaus (Sea apple). Indo-Pacific, Duration 34 seconds
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Cucumaria frondosa side view (65), dorsal view (66); Thyone briareus dorsal view (67); Thyone unisemita side view (68), ventral view (69); Cucumaria pulcherrima side view (70); thyone scabra side view of a young specimen (71); trochostoma ovliticum side view of contracted alcoholic specimen (72); Caudina arenata side view of contracted alcoholic specimen (73); Synapta inhaerens dorsal view (74); Synapta roseola dorsal view (75).
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Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, Illinois
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Indo-Pacific, Duration 74 seconds
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Indo-Pacific, Duration 53 seconds
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Indo-Pacific, Duration 86 seconds
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Indo-Pacific, Duration 70 seconds
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2006 California Academy of Sciences
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Photographed at 20 m depth. To feed, this sea cucumber sequentially places one arm with it's sticky tentacles and entrapped planktonic material within the mouth, licks off the food, extends the arm, and then repeats the process.
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2005 California Academy of Sciences
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Males and females spawn synchronously in the Spring as they extend their bodies from the rocks. The eggs are toxic to fish.
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2013 California Academy of Sciences
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2016 California Academy of Sciences
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2016 California Academy of Sciences
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2016 California Academy of Sciences
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2010 California Academy of Sciences
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2014 California Academy of Sciences
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1999 California Academy of Sciences
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sea cucumber
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2006 California Academy of Sciences
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While feeding, this sea cucumber sequentially folds up its tentacles and thrusts an arm into the mouth to lick off entrapped plankton.
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The tube feet on the dorsal side are mostly in ambulacral rows but a few are scattered along the margins.
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Pseudocnus curatus from Coffin Rocks. (Photo by: Dave Cowles, July 2006)
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Cucumaria pallida from about 10 m depth, Sares Head. About 12 cm long. (Photo by: Dave Cowles, July 2006)