Please ID

[hutterw]

Can someone identify this thing?

Saw this one on a night dive in Barbados and also some one of these on a night dive in Saint Croix. The locals in Saint Croix nicked named it the beast but no one new what it was.

[FONT=&quot]It is very shy and starts to contract when you approach it.[/FONT]

 

[hutterw]

And now the picture.

 

[hutterw]

So my picture attaching skills are lacking. Please try this link.

Image of The Beast - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

 

[njd3rph]

it's a tiger tail cucumber

 

[300bar]

Nope not the one,it's some kind of flat worm.

 

[Papa_Bear]

It is often called a Rag Worm and is a segmented Worm common in the tidal pools of the South Pacific. They are found world wide. Also known as a Beaded Sea Cucumber Euapta lappa, Holothuroidea

 

[LeslieH]

[-]It is often called a Rag Worm and is a segmented Worm common in the tidal pools of the South Pacific. They are found world wide.[/-]

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Also known as a Beaded Sea Cucumber Euapta lappa, Holothuroidea

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[Papa_Bear]

Well they are! In Fiji the locals call them Rag Worms because of the mouth! But thanks for the lines!

 

[redacted]

Beaded sea cucumber

Beaded Sea Cucumber, Euapta lappa, Stock Photography, Stock Photos, Stock Pictures, Stock Pics, Stock Pics

 

[vladimir]

In case there is any confusion, segmented worms are in the phylum Annelida. Sea cucumbers are in the phylum Echinodermata, class Holothuridae. Taxonomically speaking, it is an understatement to say they have very little in common.