Swimming sea cucumber

Swimming sea cucumber

Description

A swimming sea cucumber (Holothurian). Enypniastes sp.

Item Type:Image
Title:Swimming sea cucumber
Creator(s):Gates, A.
Identification:Billett, D
Date:16 September 2013
Time:13:10
Copyright:SERPENT
Classification:Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata (Echinoderms) > Class Holothuroidea (Sea Cucumbers) > Order Elasipodida (Deep sea cucumbers) > Pelagoguthriidae (Swimming sea cucumbers)
Species:Enypniastes sp.
Behaviour:Swimming
Site:Indian > Indian Ocean > East Africa > Pweza-3
Depth (m):1388
Countries:East Africa > Tanzania
Habitat:Benthic boundary zone
Substratum:Deep-sea mud
Rig:Deep Sea Metro I
Project Partners:BG Group, Oceaneering
ROV:Millennium 113
Keywords:holothurian enypniastes Tanzania
Deposited By:Dr Andrew Gates
Deposited On:13 August 2014

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