Echinoderm · sea cucumber

Coral Seamount blue sea cucumber

Pannychia taylorae

PacificAtlanticIndianSouthernArctic A single ocean

Depth

Collected at 1,286 m

Size

About 18 cm

Diet

Particles of organic matter settled on the seafloor

Zone

The sea floor · 200 – 3,500 m

Key facts

• Alive, it is pale blue with light brown feet and tentacles.
• It was described in 2013 from a specimen collected by an underwater robot in 2011.
• It is known only from Coral Seamount, on the Southwest Indian Ridge.
• Its name honors Michelle Taylor, who organized the expedition’s biology team.

Verified sources

1. O’Loughlin, Mackenzie & VandenSpiegel 2013, Memoirs of Museum Victoria 70 (PDF)
2. Memoirs of Museum Victoria, volume 70, pages 37-50
3. Interactive Oceans (University of Washington), Sea cucumbers

In the game: To observe

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