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Photo by Allen Hoof
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Field Notes

Description:

brown spotted sea cucumber extruding mucus

Habitat:

sandy rubble bottom in sub-tropical coral reef ecosystem

Notes:

spotted off the west coast of Okinawa; behavior is a defense mechanism; date and location notional; date correct to within a month; location could be as far south as Naha; original medium photoprint, probably taken with Nikonos III using flash; print subsequently scanned and image saved as digital file

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PublishedDecember 5, 2011

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