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Pineapple Sea Cucumber - Thelenota ananas A large sized Sea Cucumber that is easily 0.5 meter or longer, it has many appendages giving it the look of the skin of pineapple, hence its name - T.ananas.  This species is listed as Endangered. French Polynesia,Pineapple Sea Cucumber,Sea Cucumber,Tahiti,Thelenota ananas Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Pineapple Sea Cucumber - Thelenota ananas

A large sized Sea Cucumber that is easily 0.5 meter or longer, it has many appendages giving it the look of the skin of pineapple, hence its name - T.ananas. This species is listed as Endangered.

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  1. Impressive size and appearance! Posted 5 years ago

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''Thelenota ananas'', also known as pineapple sea cucumber, oloturia ananas, tripang, prickly skin cucumber, pointed teat sea cucumber, armoured sea cucumber, giant sea cucumber, sand fish or prickly redfish, is a species of sea cucumber found in tropical waters from the Red Sea to New Caledonia. Its reddish-brown body with large and mostly branched papillae can reach up to 70 centimetres in length.

Similar species: Flat-tentacled Sea Cucumbers
Species identified by Albert Kang
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By Albert Kang

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Uploaded Jun 22, 2020. Captured Oct 9, 2019 03:23.
  • TG-6
  • f/3.5
  • 1/160s
  • ISO200
  • 6.83mm