Classification :
Eukarya - Opisthokonta - Animalia - Echinodermata - Holothuroidea - Elasipodida - Psychropotina - Pelagothuriidae - Enypniastes
Enypniastes eximia Théel, 1882
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[Map・Summary]
■ Record acquisition rangeWith latitude and longitude information：99%
Latitude
-28.731330 ~ 39.711330
Longitude
-176.608330 ~ 173.541700
Depth
502.000 ~ 6200.000 m
■ Record acquisition periodWith period：100%
1984/04/24 ~ 2022/09/23
* Date last modified：2025/03/28
■ Number of record38,215 　
■ Dataset4 　
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General
Enypniasets eximia is a pan-Pacific holothurian recorded at depths of 300-6,000 m. The barrel-shaped body is transparent and bearing a large anterodorsal web and a pair of posterolateral webs. The coloration of the gelatinous integument is pale pink in small individuals and dark brown-red to crimson in large individuals. This species attains a length of 25 cm. Enypniastes eximia crawls and feeds on the seabed but occasionally swims in the water column. Mechanical stimuli induce the light emittance by hundreds of luminescent granules embedded within the integument of the animal.
Enypniastes eximia Théel, 1882 of literature
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Fujikura, K., Okutani, T. and T. Maruyama (2012) Deep-sea life —Biological observations using research submersibles: Second Edition. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, Japan, 487 pp. (in Japanese).
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Kuramochi, T. (2012) Taxonomy and Morphology. In: Takahashi, A. and S. Okumura (eds.) Holothurian - Biology, Aquaculture and Culture. Seizando, Tokyo, 227 pp. (in Japanese).
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Miller, J. E. and D. L. Pawson (1990) Swimming sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea): a survey, with analysis of swimming behavior in four bathyal species. Contributions to the Marine Sciences 35: 1-18.
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Robinson, B. H. (1992) Bioluminescence in the benthopelagic holothurian Enypniastes eximia. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 72: 463-472.
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Théel, H. (1882) Report on the Holothurioidea dredged by the H. M. S. Challenger during the Years 1873-1876. Part I. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Zoology, 4, Part 13, 1-176.
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