Sea Cucumber (Thelenota ananas) spawning, showing suspended egg and sperm bundles. Photo taken in the Indo-Pacific © Bob Halstead / OceanwideImages.com
Commensal Emperor Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) - male and female on Sea Cucumber. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Commensal Emperor Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) on Sea Cucumber. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Commensal Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) on Sea Cucumber. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Commensal Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) on Sea Cucumber. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Commensal Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) on Sea Cucumber. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Commensal Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) on a Sea Cucumber (Bohadschia argus). Found in association with sea stars, sea cucumbers and nudibranchs throughout Indo-Pacific. Photo taken Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Commensal Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) on a Sea Cucumber (Bohadschia argus). Found in association with sea stars, sea cucumbers and nudibranchs throughout Indo-Pacific. Photo taken Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Leopard Sea Cucumber (Bohadschia argus) - with excruded sticky defensive threads called Cuvierian tubules. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Sea Cucumber (Thelenota rubralineata) - detail of papillae and tube feet. Papua New Guinea © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Leopard Sea Cucumber (Bohadschia argus) - with excruded sticky defensive threads called Cuvierian tubules. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Sea Cucumber (Thelenota rubralineata). Papua New Guinea © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Sea Cucumber (Thelenota rubralineata). Papua New Guinea © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Sea Cucumber (Stichopus sp.). Found throughout Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Sea Cucumber (Bohadschia graeffei) - juvenile with feeding mouth extended. Found throughout Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Commensal Emperor Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) around the feeding mouth of Sea Cucumber (Synapta maculata). Found throughout Indo-West Pacific, including Great Barrier Reef, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Sea Cucumber (Colochirus robustus), feeding. Found in Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Sea Cucumber (Colochirus robustus), feeding. Found in Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Sea Cucumber (Colochirus robustus), feeding. Found in Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Sea Cucumber (Synapta sp.) - feeding. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Social Holothurian, or Sea Cucumber, (Synaptula sp.), gathered on a Tube Sea Sponge. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Sea Cucumber (possibly: Bohadschia sp.) - feeding. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Sea Cucumber (Thelenota ananas). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Holithorian, or Sea Cucumber (Holothuria sp.), in an upright position spawning. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Sea Apple Sea Cucumber (Pseudocholochirus violaceus), feeding on suspended plankton transported to the mouth by its feathery arms. Photo taken off Komodo National Park, Indonesia. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Polynoid Worm (Gastrolepidia clavigera) - living on Sea Cucumber (Bohadschia argus). Found throughout Indo-West Pacific, including Great Barrier Reef, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
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