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April 4, 2021: Sea Cucumber

Seen during a 2017 American Samoa expedition dive at a depth of nearly 4,000 meters (2.5 miles) on the seafloor of "Utu" Seamount, this holothurian, or sea cucumber, was displaying an unfamiliar posture. Scientists thought it may be a feeding posture, but weren't certain.

Check out this video of the sea cucumber to see it in “action.”

Credit

Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2017 American Samoa.