Sea pig

Sea pigs are found in all the world's oceans. In some areas, they comprise more than 95% of the total weight of animals on the deep-sea floor. Despite their abundance, most people will never see a sea pig, as they live in the coldest and deepest parts of the ocean.

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30 Cool & Weird Ocean Animals Around the World, including the cutest, ugliest, weirdest, scariest, and rarest sea creatures.

Scotoplanes, commonly known as the sea pig, is a genus of deep-sea holothurian (a sea cucumber) echinoderm of the family Elpidius.

Oceana on Instagram: “The gray seal's name is not in reference to the seal’s color, but instead is Latin for “hook-nosed sea pig,” a nod to the males’ large,…”

While most sea cucumbers actually resemble cucumber vegetables in body shape, sea pigs, in Genus Scotoplanes, actually look like little pigs.

The sea pig is a type of sea cucumber named because of their pink hue and short limbs, reminiscent of land pigs. #SeaPig

Sea pigs (Scotoplanes) are types of Sea Cucumbers.They live in the dark abyss of most oceans (between 1000 and 6000 metres deep). Many of the Mystery Creatures featured on this blog are at threat of extinction but the sea pig is not among them

(From Clipart Etc -Florida Educational Claringhouse) I was casually checking the numbers for the Echinoblog over a July 4th weekend in 2009 and on the day just before a 3 day weekend I found there was a HUGE spike of hits (>600 in one day!) simultaneously and inexplicably searching for something that I narrowed down to a massive international search for the term "sea pig". (This image from the Galathea 3 expedition site) Reasons were offered: A new Facebook quiz app. A video on Youtube. Who…

Some creatures are so bizarre, it seems like they can’t possibly be real, and that’s especially true of the amazing and terrifying wonders that lurk deep within the ocean. Apparently, there’s no end to the weird natural wonders the sea can serve up, including sharks that look like cartoons, squid with human teeth and crabs […]

These are the little-studied sea pigs, which do indeed look a bit like swine, if swine had way too many legs.

Scotoplanes, the sea pig, is a genus of deep-sea holothurian echinoderm of the family Elpidiidae, order Elasipodida.

Sea pigs are strange deep-sea creatures that play a surprisingly vital role in the ocean ecosystem. Learn more about these marine animals.

A species of sea cucumber (Scotoplanes sp.), also called a Sea Pig, crawling along the seafloor (2324m).

I started this blog in 2006 without a really good idea of what I was getting into.. and it was my big Sea Pig post (here) that really gave me an idea of just how far a blog that specialized on echinoderms (of all things!) could go. So, its now been three years and I've had a chance to look at some numbers and trends. This has given me a chance to see exactly HOW my sea pig post has presented these animals into the public eye. Now bear in mind, that the term "sea pig" actually refers to sea…

Large sea pig 20 cm (8 inches) long. This animal is a “deposit feeder" and uses that tentactles at left to ingest mud particles.
It then digests off the organic matter for food. This is the most common feeding mode on Earth!

Sea pigs, rattail fish, and unicumbers: Welcome to the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, a proposed site for deep-sea mining.