Kumquat
sea cucumber
Actinopyga sp.
Family Holothuriidae
updated
Oct 2016
Where
seen? This small smooth reddish orange sea cucumber does
resemble a kumquat! It is sometimes seen on our Southern shores among coral rubble and near reefs.
Features: About 8cm long. Body
oval to sausage-like, with a flat underside where the mouth is located. Colour uniformly orange, some with paler spots. Tube feet very long, slender, many emerging on the flat underside but also scattered all
over the upperside. Feeding tentacles yellowish with flowery tips. It
may be the same as the Actinopyga sp. in Lane's guide of which
"just a single specimen was seen, from the reef slope of Sultan
Shoal".
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Pulau Hantu, Jan 12 |
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Flat underside. |
Terumbu Semakau, May 18
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on facebook. |
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| Kumquat
sea cucumbers on Singapore shores |
| Other sightings on Singapore shores |
Pulau Semakau (South), Apr 18
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on facebook. |
Terumbu Semakau, Nov 12
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on flickr |
Terumbu Semakau, Jun 22
Shared by Tammy Lim on facebook. |
Terumbu Bemban, Jun 14
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on his
blog. |
Terumbu Raya, Feb 23
Photo shared by Richard Kuah on facebook. |
Terumbu Pempang Tengah, Apr 13
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on flickr |
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References
- Lane, David
J.W. and Didier Vandenspiegel. 2003. A
Guide to Sea Stars and Other Echinoderms of Singapore.
Singapore Science Centre. 187pp.
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