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.

Holothuria atra

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何の変哲も無い海岸の写真である。
This is just a photograph of ordinary seashore.



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アイツタキ島のアルタンガの港。
アルタンガはアイツタキ唯一の町で、なんとスーパーマーケットがあるのですよ!!!
The wharf of Arutanga in Aitutaki Atoll.
Arutanga is the only town of Aitutaki, and amazingly, there is a supermarket!!!


Scientific Name : Holothuria atra
Family : Holothuriidae
Order : Aspidochirotida
Photo taken at Aitutaki atoll, Cook Islands

エクレアナマコ / Holothuria nigralutea

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エクレアナマコはオーストラリア周辺に生息するナマコですが、2011年に沖縄でも見つかりました。

Holothuria nigralutea live in the sea around Australia, but in 2011, it was discovered that they also live in the sea around Okinawa Island.
This sea cucumber was named "Eclair sea cucumber" in Japanese, because it resembles the eclair.

Scientific Name : Holothuria nigralutea
Family : Holothuriidae
Order : Aspidochirotida
Photo taken at Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium

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

Apostichopus japonicus

  • マナマコ

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マナマコ
手前にはうんこが!!!

Japanese sea cucumber.
In the foreground, there is a poo!!!

Scientific Name : Apostichopus japonicus
Family: Stichopodidae
Order: Aspidochirotida
Photo taken at MARINE WORLD Umino-Nakamichi, Fukuoka