Uploaded July 2019 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago
Day of the Dancing Cucumbers
During Dive 21, several different species of holothurians, or sea cucumbers, were documented dancing in the water column from every angle to enable accurate classification. One species, Enypniastes sp., is known to be bioluminescent, shedding their skin when attacked and rubbing that bioluminescence off on the attacker!
Video courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas.
Day of the Dancing Cucumbers
During Dive 21, several different species of holothurians, or sea cucumbers, were documented dancing in the water column from every angle to enable accurate classification. One species, Enypniastes sp., is known to be bioluminescent, shedding their skin when attacked and rubbing that bioluminescence off on the attacker!
Video courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas.
