Psolus chitonoides
(Armoured Sea Cucumber)
© Aaron Baldwin (Photo ID #2064)
Photographer's Submitted Details
Photo Location
Sitka Sound, SE Alaska
Photographer
Aaron Baldwin
Habitat
Low intertidal and subtidal boulders
Photo Date
Upload Date
October 18, 2007
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Photo ID #
2064
Comments
This bizarre group of cucumbers are characterized by hardened plates on one side and rows of tube feet on the other (see crawling specimen). Photo taken with Pentax Optio W10 underwater camera submerged in shallow aquarium.