Thelenota ananas (Jaeger, 1833)

Fassbender, Nico, Stefanoudis, Paris V, Filander, Zoleka Nontlantla, Gendron, Gilberte, Mah, Christopher L, Mattio, Lydiane, Mortimer, Jeanne A, Moura, Carlos J, Samaai, Toufiek, Samimi-Namin, Kaveh, Wagner, Daniel, Walton, Rowana & Woodall, Lucy C, 2021, Reef benthos of Seychelles - A field guide, Biodiversity Data Journal 9, pp. 65970-65970 : 65970

Thelenota ananas (Jaeger, 1833)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Thelenota ananas; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Echinodermata; class: Holothuroidea; order: Synallactida; family: Stichopodidae; genus: Thelenota; scientificNameAuthorship: Jaeger, 1833; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra N 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 10 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 10 m; locationRemarks: First Descent: Seychelles Expedition; Identification: identifiedBy: Nico Fassbender, Paris Stefanoudis; dateIdentified: 2019, 2020; identificationRemarks: identified only from imagery; Event: samplingProtocol: Submersible OR Remotely Operated Vehicle OR SCUBA; Record Level: basisOfRecord: Human observation

Notes

Commonly known as "Prickly Redfish", the body surface of this sea cucumber is almost entirely covered in spike-like papillae. Large (up to 50 cm long in this survey) and heavy-bodied with a square body cross-section. Colouration bright orange to greenish in deeper waters, with pink, red and brown common in shallow water (Fig. 148 ).

Figures

Figure 148. Thelenota ananas. Aldabra N 1, 10 m.