Image of Cucumaria miniata (Brandt 1835)
Description:
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.
Included On The Following Pages:
- Life
- Cellular
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (animals)
- Bilateria
- Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
- Echinodermata (echinoderms)
- Echinozoa
- Holothuroidea (sea cucumbers)
- Dendrochirotida
- Cucumariidae (cucumariid sea cucumbers)
- Cucumaria
- Cucumaria miniata
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Source Information
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- 2006 California Academy of Sciences
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- Lovell and Libby Langstroth
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