Enypniastes eximia: The Swimming Sea Cucumber

From NOAA website: # “The deep seafloor is generally considered to be quite food poor away from the seep areas. This leads to a series of adaptations in the animals living there. Here we see a swimming sea cucumber evolved from benthic animals that feed upon the sediment. This one is capable of swimming over the seafloor using highly-modified feet that have turned into fins. If you look close
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