Volume 1 Issue 2 ______Sea Cucumber Fun Facts Q. Is it a sea worm? Q. What is Q. Do people fish for Sea cucumbers are A. No, although it has a evisceration? sea cucumbers? Inside this relativesissue: of the sea star long, soft body it has and are both A. Some sea cucumbers A. Yes, sea cucumbers echinoderms, which pentameral symmetry throw out their are considered a
means ‘spiny-skinned’. (5-rays) like its echino- stringy, internal delicacy in many Inside Story 2 derm cousin, the sea digestive organs to parts of the world Several finger-like star. Instead of arms it distract and confuse a and have been has 5 rows of tube feet Insidetentacles Story that surround2 predator. Their commercially the sea cucumber’s along the length of its squishy body. insides resemble overfished for Insidemouth Story are used to2 cap- wet spaghetti noodles decades. This has Q. Do sea cucumbers ture prey. It can even and it can take several caused population have gills like a fish? Insideregenerate Story (re-grow)3 a weeks for them to numbers to decrease new tentacle in less than A. No, sea cucumbers regenerate. drastically. Inside3 weeks, Story if it loses4 one. lack gills and instead Q. What are some of its breathe by pumping natural predators? At CMA Inside Story 5 water in & out of an internal organ, called A. Sea turtles, fish & Check out crustaceans are all the colorful Inside Story 6 a respiratory tree. cucumbers in natural predators of Exhibit Tank #6 the sea cucumber. Special points of in- terest:
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Fast Facts on a Local Species News Flash! The California Common Name: Habitat: low inter-tidal zone Just for sea cucumber Warty sea cucumber to the seafloor (100ft-1300ft) is our largest Laughs local species. Scientific Name: Life Cycle: egg to larva, tiny Parastichopus parvimensis juvenile to adult Q. Why It can grow to is it so be over 2 feet Diet: plankton, algae & tiny Avg. Lifespan: up to 10 years easy to weigh a fish? organic debris in length. Relatives: sea stars, A. Because they have their own scales. Size: up to 10 inches sea urchins & sand dollars