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Thelenota ananas
It can grow up to 70 cm long. It has shades in brown to red. Cylindrical body with numerous often branched elongate star-shaped conical papillae in groups of two or three all over the surface of its body. Due to intense commercial exploitation it is listed as endangered by the IUCN.
East Reef Wreck, Lankayan, Sabah.
Spotted on Oct 2, 2015
Submitted on Jun 15, 2016
11 Comments
Congratulations Marta! Really neat and interesting. I didn't know Sea Cucumbers had "arms"! I would have thought they were starfish.
An amazing and interesting sea creature!
What a beautiful creature! Great spotting and congratulations!
Yes, it has a very unique pattern :-)
Wow! I thought those are starfishes.
Great spotting!
fantastic pictures!
Thanks! I was lucky to see it :-)
Congrats Marta! Such a fantastic shape and structure.
Thank you Lisa! I was also surprised to see that is an endangered species. I am happy that can still be found in Lankayan and I hope that is not fished in there.
Congratulations Marta!
Congratulations Marta RubioTexeira, this fabulous creature is our Spot of the Day!
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