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Magnum Sea Cucumber
Neothyonidium magnum
6.95037, 125.669
Field Notes
Description:
Also known as Burrowing Sea Cucumber and Sea Basket Sea Cucumber.
They feed on plankton, and grow to a length of about 30cm. When feeding they fan out their "arms" and then one by one roll them in into their mouths to feed.
Habitat:
Found singly buried in the sand of shallow waters on sand and rubble areas, at depths of 0 to 40m. Widespread in the Indo-Pacific region.
Notes:
They look like underwater shrubs, then they start moving their arms...!
(The video is of a different individual, but same species. It was spotted at the same dive site on 30 June 2012.)
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PublishedMarch 19, 2012
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