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Sea Cucumbers

Sea cucumbers are found in oceans across the world. They are a long tubular echinoderm. They come in a variety of sizes and colors.

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What is the lifespan of a sea cucumber?

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Five to ten years.

Where does sea cucumbers lives in fresh or salt water or both?

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Sea Cucumbers live in the deep ocean, so they live in salt water.

What surrounds the mouth of sea cucumbers?

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tentacles that capures small plants called plankton oragan matter

How big do sea cucumbers get to be?

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well it depends on what type of sea sponge your talking about there are many different kinda an they all have different sizes

Is a transparent sea cucumber the same as a sea cucumber?

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No; sea cucumbers are animals and transparent sea cucumbers are plants.

Why do sea cucumbers belong to echinodermata?

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because of their internal structure

What do sea cucumbers look like?

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they look like cucumber with big fat as prickles all over .

How tall is a sea cucumber?

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sea cucumbers are normally 10 to 12 inches (25 to 30 cm) long, 1.5 to 2.0 inches (3.8 to 5.1 cm) in diameter and are often curled up, partially covered with sand from the sea floor.

What do the tentacles on a sea cucumber do?

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The tentacles surround the mouth of the sea cucumber, and are covered with a thin film of mucus. Small particls in the water stick toa the coating and covers the tentacles. When a tentcle becomes saturated, the cucumber puts it in its mouth and literally sucks off the food particles. Summary of that little paragraph: Tentacles are the first stage of the Digestive System. They grab food and put it in the mouth.

What is the body temperuture of a sea cucumber?

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It is dependent on the environmental water temperature.