page_title: Euapta godeffroyi
section_title: Ecology
hierarchical_section_title: Euapta godeffroyi / Ecology
caption_attribution_description: English: Sticky snake sea cucumber (Euapta godeffroyi) from Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia Français&#160;: Holothurie-serpent collante (Euapta godeffroyi). Spécimen trouvé à Kosrae, Micronésie Español: Pepino de mar de Godeffroy (Euapta godeffroyi), de Kosrae, Micronesia
context_page_description: Euapta godeffroyi, the sticky snake sea cucumber, is a species of sea cucumber in the family Synaptidae. It is found on coral reefs in the tropical Indo-Pacific region.
context_section_description: E. godeffroyi is nocturnal and is a deposit feeder. It spends the day hidden among the rubble and corals. It emerges at night, crawling along using its anchor spicules for adhesion, and extending its tentacles onto the sediment which sticks to them; food particles are passed to the mouth where they are scraped off. The sea cucumber selects the more nutritious particles it finds and consumes several times its bodyweight each day.
caption: E. godeffroyi
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