Sea Cucumber Gallery

Sea cucumbers are a type of marine invertebrate found in all oceans around the world

Sea cucumber (Thelenota sp.) spawning. Microscopic sex cells (gametes) are being released to allow fertilisation (the fusing of a male and a female sex cell)

Ocean Life. Creators: James M. Sommerville, Christian Schussele
Ocean Life

Necklace seastar (Fromia monilis) on Sea cucumber (Bohadaschia argus) Yap, Micronesia

Sea apple (Pseudocolochirus violaceus), feeding. Komodo Island, Lesser Sunda islands, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

Dried seafood, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China

Sticky snake sea cucumber (Euapta godeffroyi), has no tube feet but are active and move by waves of peristaltic contractions. Myrmidon Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Sea cucumber / Sea apple (Pseudocolochirus violaceus) Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Sea apple, eating, using arm to transfer food into mouth. Ninepin Group or Kwo Chau Islands, Sai Kung District of Hong Kong, China

Sea cucumber (Bohadschia argus) which has ejected a part of its internal organs called Cuvierian tubules. These significantly sticky strings are a defense mechanism designed to deter predators

Pearlfish (Carapus acus) outside of host Sea cucumber (Stichopus regalis) at night. These species have a commensal relationship, with the fish living in the gut of the sea cucumber. Catalonia, Spain

Pearlfish (Carapus acus) in anus of Sea cucumber (Stichopus regalis). These species have a commensal relationship, with the fish living in the gut of the sea cucumber. Catalonia, Spain

Sea Cucumber feeding - Melasti dive site, Seraya, Kubu district, Karangasem, Bali, Indonesia
Sea Cucumber feeding ~ Melasti dive site, Seraya, Kubu district, Karangasem, Bali, Indonesia, Indian Ocean

Sea Cucumber - Fantasea dive site, Misool, Raja Ampat, Indonesia Date: 24-Jul-19
Sea Cucumber - Fantasea dive site, Misool, Raja Ampat, Indonesia

Scale Worm - on underside of Sea Cucumber (Bohadschia sp) - Laha dive site, Ambon, Maluku (Moluccas), Indonesia

A fisherman holds a sea cucumber at Sinabang district in Simeulue Island, Indonesias Aceh province January 11, 2012. A group of fishermen, using a wooden boat and an air compressor

Fossil Holothurian or sea cucumber
Staurocystis quadrifasciata, 6.5 cm long, from the Silurian, Wenlock Limestone of Dudley in Worcestershire, England

Papua New Guinea, New Britain Island. A crab lives commensally with and matches its color to its host sea cucumber. Credit as: Jones & Shimlock / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont

Indonesia, Raja Ampat. Partial view of colorful sea star over a sea cucumber. Credit as: Jones-Shimlock / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont

Indonesia, Raja Ampat. Abstract of a nudibranch crawling past a sea cucumber. Credit as
Close-up of Nudibranch crawling past sea cucumber, Raja Ampat, Indonesia. Credit as: Jones-Shimlock / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont

Emperor shrimp (Periclimenes imperator), camouflaged on its Pineapple sea cucumber host (Thelenota ananas), with which it has a symbiotic relationship. Mabul Island, Sabah, Malaysia

Echinoderms, Jellyfish and Cnidarians, hand-colored lithograph, published in 1880
Echinoderms, Jellyfish and Cnidarians: 1) Sea cucumber (Pentacta frondosa), 2) European edible sea urchin (Echinus esculentus), 3) Phyllacanthus imperialis, 4) Common Sea Star (Asterias rubens)

Echinoderms, c.1860 (colour litho)
1109874 Echinoderms, c.1860 (colour litho) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: From A Naturgeschichte des TierreichsA (Natural History of the Animal Kingdom)

Sea Cucumber, 1863-79 (colour litho)
1001205 Sea Cucumber, 1863-79 (colour litho) by Petraroja, Raimundo (fl.1863-79); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Atlante zoologico popolare)

Aquarium (colour litho)
3630338 Aquarium (colour litho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Aquarium. Illustration from Meyers Konversations-Lexicon, c1895.); © Look and Learn

Sea cucumber (colour litho)
3630249 Sea cucumber (colour litho) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sea cucumber. Illustration from Meyers Konversations-Lexicon, c1895.); © Look and Learn

Sea-Cucumber, in the Gardens of the Zoological Society, Regent s-Park (engraving)
1602298 Sea-Cucumber, in the Gardens of the Zoological Society, Regent s-Park (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sea-Cucumber)

Commensal emperor shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) moves across the colourful red patterned surface of its host Candycane sea cucumber (Thelenota rubralineata)

Elephant trunkfish (Holothuria fuscopunctata), on open sand spawning from the head region. Between 40 and 70 cm long. Solomon Islands

Little brown and white striped sea cucumber (Synaptula lamperti), small member of sea cucumber or trepang family. Bali, Indonesia

Sandfish (Apostichopus japonicus), a sea cucumber, bone fragments, magnification X 40. Japan

Sea apple (Pseudocolochirus violaceus) Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Emperor shrimp (Periclemenes imperator) on sea cucumber (Thelenota ananas) Tubbataha Reef Natural Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sulu Sea, Cagayancillo, Palawan, Philippines

Sea apple (Pseudocolochirus violaceus) detail of the tentacles as the animal feeds, lifting each tentacle to its mouth cavity in turn

RF - Emperor shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) exploring alien-looking landscape of host sea cucumber (Bohadschia argus). Emperor shrimps are commensals on many hosts

Puerto Galera, Philippines, South East Asia; Cleaner Shrimp On A Sea Cucumber

34522-00010-662
Imperial Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) adult, riding on Spotted Worm Sea Cucumber (Synapta maculata), Lembeh Straits, Sulawesi, Sunda Islands, Indonesia, September

Echinoderms and crustacaens C017 / 3491
Plate from 18th century encyclopedia showing an illustration of echinoderms and crustaceans. Echinoderms are a phylum of marine animals

Prickly redfish sea cucumber C014 / 2921
Prickly redfish (Thelenota ananas) sea cucumber. Sea cucumbers are echinoderms and are related to starfish and sea urchins

Sea cucumber in the Maldives
A blackspotted sea cucumber, Bohadschia graeffei, with its head stretched upwards showing feeding tentacles. Photographed at South Ari Atoll, Maldives

Emperor Shrimp - on a Sea Cucumber - Indonesia

LEE-301
Spotted Sea Cucumbers - Indonesia

AUS-1959
Leopard sea cucumber - having released sticky white tubules (Cuvierian tubules) from its anus as a defense mechanism against a predator, Solomon Islands. DWD00704

colorful pattern on sea cucumber, Scuba Diving at Tukang Besi / Wakatobi Archipelago Marine Preserve
colorful pattern on sea cucumber, Scuba Diving at Tukang Besi/Wakatobi Archipelago Marine Preserve, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, S.E. Asia

Indonesia, Komodo National Park. Close-up of sea cucumber variety

Indonesia, Komodo Island area. Nudibranch (Chromodoris coi)

Indonesia. Emperor shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) on sea cucumber

Indonesia. Crab on sea cucumber (Lissocarcinus orbicularis)

Shell-breaking hermit crab (Dardanus megistos) feeding with a large burrowing sea cucumber (Neothyonidium magnum) in the background. This hermit crab is also known as the scarlet hermit crab

• <
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• >

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping

Sea cucumbers are a type of marine invertebrate found in all oceans around the world. They have a soft body, typically cylindrical in shape, and range in size from just a few centimeters to over one meter long. Sea cucumbers have an endoskeleton made of tiny calcareous ossicles that provide support and protection. They feed by filtering organic particles from the water column and can often be found on the ocean floor or attached to rocks or coral reefs. Sea cucumbers play an important role in marine ecosystems as they help to recycle nutrients and keep sediment stirred up, providing food for other organisms such as fish, crabs, worms, and mollusks. In addition to their ecological importance they can also valued for their medicinal properties; they contain compounds that can be used to treat various ailments such as arthritis pain relief and cancer prevention.