The sea cucumbers are scavengers, crawling mostly around the sea floor. Not always though: since their gametes float around in the water column a vertical positioning is thought to increase the chance of successful reproduction for both male and female.

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Graeffe's Sea Cucumber

A rare, beautiful shrimp. It's name is derived from where it was found: the Izu Peninsula in Japan.

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Leopard Anemone Shrimp

This pair of feather-like tentacles, called radioles, is used for respiration and to catch floating plankton and microscopic plants. Each worm has one pair of these radioles.