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Sea cucumbers are a common component of deep sea fauna. Unlike shallow water animals these distant relatives of starfish are highly modified in the deep sea, very colorful, and have exotic forms. Here is one that is adapted to live a pelagic existence using highly modified tubefeet as fins to swim near the bottom but still feeds on sediment on the seafloor surface. Video courtesy of Expedition to the Deep Slope, NOAA-OE.
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