"The Sea Creature of the Week"
Pink See-Through Fantasia or Swimming Sea Cucumber
Enypniastes eximia
The name of this week's sea creature really caught my attention. I am familiar with sea cucumbers, but never seen one like this before!! The pink see-through fantasia or swimming sea cucumber, is a bottom dwelling organism that feeds on mud and sediment. As you can see, they have an amazing red/pink color with soft transparent bodies (I'm guessing this is how there name came about.) :-) One amazing fact about this species of sea cucumber is that.....it swims! With its webbed feet, swimming sea cucumbers are able to swim long distances in the water column. Here are some pictures below of this amazing creature and other sea cucumbers!
(Non-swimming)
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