The Sea cucumber Blog | なまこブログ

なまこ等の生き物図鑑。The photographic guide to animals, including sea cucumbers.

マナマコを抱っこ / Hugging a sea cucumber

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動物好きたるもの、ナマコを見つけたら抱っこしたくなるのは当然のこと!
As animal lovers, it's only natural to get the feeling of hugging a sea cucumber whenever we find a sea cucumber!

Scientific Name : Apostichopus japonicus
Family: Stichopodidae
Order: Aspidochirotida
Photo taken at Kannonzaki Nature Museum

マナマコ / Apostichopus japonicus

  • マナマコ

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茶色いマナマコと白いマナマコ。
The brown sea cucumber and the white sea cucumber.

Scientific Name : Apostichopus japonicus
Family: Stichopodidae
Order: Aspidochirotida
Photo taken at Enoshima Aquarium

オキナマコ / Parastichopus nigripunctatus

  • オキナマコ

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シーキューカンバー。Sea cucumber.

Scientific Name : Parastichopus nigripunctatus
Family: Stichopodidae
Order: Aspidochirotida
Photo taken at Tokyo Sea Life Park

バイカナマコ / Thelenota ananas

梅の花が咲いたので梅花海鼠の写真をアップ!
Plum blossoms have bloomed, so I upload a photo of the pineapple sea cucumber!



Pineapple sea cucumber have a meaning of "Plum blossoms sea cucumebr" in Japanese, because their projections look like a blossom.

Scientific Name : Thelenota ananas
Family: Stichopodidae
Order: Aspidochirotida
Photo taken at Tokyo Sea Life Park

マナマコ / Apostichopus japonicus

  • 元気なマナマコ

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Squee! This Japanese sea cucumber is super cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(キャー!このマナマコ超かわいい!!!!)

英語で「キャー」はSqueeというらしい。

Scientific Name : Apostichopus japonicus
Family: Stichopodidae
Order: Aspidochirotida
Photo taken at Tokyo Sea Life Park

バイカナマコ / Thelenota ananas

  • 梅花海鼠

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バイカナマコは体長80cm程度まで成長する大型のナマコ。
The Pineapple Sea Cucumber is the large-sized sea cucumber which grows up to about 80cm in length.

Scientific Name : Thelenota ananas
Family: Stichopodidae
Order: Aspidochirotida
Photo taken at Toba Aquarium

California sea cucumber / カリフォルニアシーキューカンバー

  • カリフォルニアなまこ

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カリフォルニアシーキューカンバーは、アラスカ湾からカリフォルニア南部にかけて見られるナマコ。
触手の数は20本。

The California sea cucumber is a sea cucumber that can be found from the Gulf of Alaska to Southern California.
It has 20 tentacles.

Scientific Name : Parastichopus californicus
Family: Stichopodidae
Order: Aspidochirotida
Photo taken at Zoo Berlin