Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Snake Sea Cucumber
Synapta maculata
Snake Sea Cucumber
Also known as: Spotted Worm Sea Cucumber
Category: Sea Cucumbers
Scientific Name: Synapta maculata
Size: Up to 4 ft. (125 cm)  
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Great Barrier Reef, French Polynesia
Echinodermata (Phylum)
└Echinozoa (Subphylum)
 └Holothuroidea (Class)
  └Paractinopoda (Subclass)
   └Apodida (Order)
    └Synaptidae (Family)
     └Synapta (Genus)
      └S. maculata (Species)

Echinoderms
Sea Cucumbers

Snake Sea Cucumber

Lampert's Sea Cucumber

Synaptula sp. 1

Synaptula sp. 2

Yellow Sea Cucumber

Magnum Sea Cucumber

Neothyonidium sp. 1

Neothyonidium sp. 2

White-Rumped Sea Cucumber

Hairy Blackfish Sea Cucumber

Plump Sea Cucumber

Whitespotted Sea Cucumber

Leopard Sea Cucumber

Ocellated Sea Cucumber

Paradoxical Sea Cucumber

Light-Spotted Sea Cucumber

White Teatfish

Elephant Trunkfish

Difficult Sea Cucumber

Volcano Sea Cucumber

Black Sea Cucumber

Pinkfish Sea Cucumber

Teated Sea Cucumber

Graeffe's Sea Cucumber

Hawaiian Spiky Sea Cucumber

Greenfish Sea Cucumber

Curryfish Sea Cucumber

Dragonfish Sea Cucumber

Hawaiian Yellow-Tip Sea Cucumber

Brown Curryfish Sea Cucumber

Pineapple Sea Cucumber

Giant Sea Cucumber

Candycane Sea Cucumber

Lion's Paw Sea Cucumbers

Euapta sp. 1



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