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.

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