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Pineapple sea cucumber

Thelenota ananas

Photo by Stanyslava
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Field Notes

Description:

Prickly redfish

Notes:

Even though its name suggests otherwise, the sea cucumber is actually a marine animal!

Reference Links:

Sea cucumber, Thelenota ananas, prickly redfish : fisheries

Species ID Suggestions

Pineapple sea cucumber, Prickly redfish

Thelenota ananas

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Comments (9)
Noe and Pili
Congratulations! The texture is very interesting and the colors are so brilliant... thanks for sharing
Elsa
Congrats! Fabulous picture and start to your collection :)
peter
Spotting of the day! "Found on clean sandy bottoms near large corals, Pineapple sea cucumbers are protected through their spiny skin." http://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/98091625561079808 http://facebook.com/projectnoah/posts/266509706698698
iamcherreymaiya
what a naturally decorated sea cucumber.. i think it's better that way than just plain form
Stanyslava
I'm new to this project, and didn't even know there was a "the color red" mission :) I could only see three missions on the mission page Lava
Nicholas4
Spectacular color! You should assign "The color Red" mission to this!! Nick

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The Color Red
Mission
Global Coral Reef Monitoring

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PublishedMay 27, 2011

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