Synapta maculata, the snake sea cucumber, is a species of sea cucumber in the family Synaptidae. It is found in shallow waters in the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean. Sometimes growing as long as 3 m (10 ft), it is one of the longest sea cucumbers in the world.
^Paulay, Gustav (2010). "Synapta maculata (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
Synaptamaculata, the snake sea cucumber, is a species of sea cucumber in the family Synaptidae. It is found in shallow waters in the tropical Indo-Pacific...
bodies, and their size varies significantly from small to quite large. Synaptamaculata grows to two metres in length. They are quite active, moving by means...
echinoderms. The longest echinoderm known is the conspicuous sea cucumber Synaptamaculata, with a slender body that can extend up to 3 m (9.8 ft). In comparison...
millimetres for Rhabdomolgus ruber and up to more than 3 metres for Synaptamaculata. The largest American species, Holothuria floridana, which abounds...
are vagile holothurians with an elongated shape (up to 3 meters for Synaptamaculata), worm or snake-like. Their shape is adapted for burrowing through...
commensal on sea cucumbers such as Bohadschia, Opheodesoma, Stichopus, Synaptamaculata or Thelenota, or on nudibranchs and other large molluscs including...
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