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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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Description: Probably Parastichopus tremulus (synonym: Stichopus tremulus). Item Type: Image Title: Parastichopus sp. Copyright: SERPENT project Species: Parastichopus sp. Behaviour: deposit feeder benthic Site: Atlantic -- Norwegian -- Apollon Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 387 Latitude: 68 deg 03' 16" N Longitude: 5 deg 11' 77" E Countries: Norway -- Norwegian Sector Habitat: benthos Rig: Aker Barents Project Partners: Aker Drilling, Oceaneering ROV: Magnum 142 Deposited By: Dr K Kroeger Deposited On: 18 August 2011
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South Pacific Ocean, Shot at night, Duration 13 seconds
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South Pacific Ocean, Duration 9 seconds
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South Pacific Ocean, Duration 11 seconds
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South Pacific Ocean, Duration 6 seconds
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Sea cucumbers are caught and eaten as beche de mer. They eat sand and detritus, digest the detritus and expel "clean" sand at the other end. One of the strangest symbiotic relationships in the ocean is with the pearl fish which lives inside the cucumber's anus during the day, and emerges at night to feed. They need to move to a better neighbourhood...
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Monterey, California, United States
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Kenreko, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Bocas Town, Bocas del Toro, Panama
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Singapore, South East, Singapore
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Mabul, Sabah, Malaysia
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Onna, Okinawa, Japan
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Mabul, Sabah, Malaysia
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Pantai Liang, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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Description: Digital still collected as part of CODEMAP Item Type: Image Title: Parastichopus tremulus Copyright: CODEMAP Species: Parastichopus tremulus Site: Atlantic -- Rockall Bank Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 218 Latitude: 57 deg 57' 15" N Longitude: 13 deg 58' 41" W Habitat: Bank Rig: RRS James Cook ROV: SeaEye Lynx Deposited By: Ms Katleen Robert Deposited On: 03 October 2013
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South Pacific Ocean, Shot at dusk, Duration 23 seconds
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Coral Sea, Duration 20 seconds
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South Pacific Ocean, Shot at dusk, Duration 11 seconds
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South Pacific Ocean, Duration 6 seconds
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Matches the description of Parastichopus parvimensis, except for the size: this thing was about as big as my arm (as evidenced by the bat star in the lower right, my new favorite scale reference).
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Onna, Okinawa, Japan
