sea cucumber

Description:

brown spotted sea cucumber extruding mucus

Habitat:

sandy rubble bottom in sub-tropical coral reef ecosystem

Notes:

spotted off the west coast of Okinawa; behavior is a defense mechanism; date and location notional; date correct to within a month; location could be as far south as Naha; original medium photoprint, probably taken with Nikonos III using flash; print subsequently scanned and image saved as digital file