Trying to Identify...

[USMCRet]

I am trying to identify this critter....

Another pic.....

I believe it is a Tiger Tail Sea Cumber (Holothuria thomasi).... according to page 399, Reef Creatures Identification, Florida Caribbean Bahamas, phylum Echinodermata, class holothuroidea.

Can anyone help me confirm or deny this information?


USMCRet

 

[archman]

It's the other "creepy tentacle sticking out of the reef" cucumber.

Euapta lappa. Beaded sea cucumber. The "beads" are quite prominent. The big crown of oral tentacles is also a giveaway.

I love these things, they're so dang weird.