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Cucumbers > Opheodesoma spectabilis
Updated 11/5/2012
Family
Synaptidae
INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII
Synaptids are suspension-feeders having very thin skin with tiny embedded hooks used to cling
to anything it comes in contact with. For this reason they are
easily damaged when handled, especially with gloves. The body is
able to expand and contract a great deal using water pressure.
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Opheodesoma
spectabilis
CONSPICUOUS
SEA CUCUMBER
Locally abundant on soft sand in Kaneohe Bay, rare elsewhere. Pink with
brown and white. Attains at least 3 feet when extended. Hawaii & the
Indo-Pacific. |
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