Am I a Cucumber?

Chevayea · Post by **Chevayea** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:04 am

Another photo from Sund Rock. I haven't seen this often and i wondered what it is. It's not showing up in my books...(not to self, buy more books)

Anyone out there know what it is for sure?

Greg Jensen · Post by **Greg Jensen** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:00 am

yep, same thing as your previous post, except with its tentacles retracted.

Chevayea · Post by **Chevayea** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:37 am

No Way! That's the same critter? They can fold them selves up like that? What are these tuypes called? Not the species but the group of them. They must be a different group than the standard cucumbers that we see.

coachrenz · Post by **coachrenz** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:47 am

I got a great book for Christmas, Sea Cucumbers of British Columbia, Southeast Alaska, and Puget Sound by Phillip Lambert that is way too much information on the Sea Cucumbers that can be found in our waters, unless you are a critter nerd like me. I actually read it cover to cover and it only took me a couple of evenings. There is nothing like falling asleep to a discussion of the internal anatomy of a sea cucumber.

I don't have it with me right now, but it is a great resource for IDing and learning about these amazing critters.

I didn't know that we had as many different species as we apparently do. Now I just have to find them and photo them and ID them to add them to my list. Of course the ones from dredges 1000+ fsw deep, I will have to leave to someone else to find.

Chevayea · Post by **Chevayea** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:52 am

Coachrenz, i'll have to take a look at that book sometime when i catch you in Underwater Sports. I love nerding out to a good critter book. It makes me feel smart when i can rattle off arbitrary info about an obscure creature we see diving.

Even better when its accurate :-)