Trepanging is the act of collecting or harvesting sea cucumbers that are used as food.
A Makassarese wooden sailboat or prau of the type trepangers have used for centuries
Haisom cah jamur, Chinese Indonesian sea cucumber with mushroom
Dried sea cucumber in a traditional Chinese medicine emporium in Yokohama, Japan
Sea cucumbers are echinoderms from the class Holothuroidea. They are benthic marine animals found on the sea floor worldwide, and the number of known holothuroid species worldwide is about 1,786, with
Trepanging
…Trepanging is the act of collecting or harvesting sea cucumbers (Indonesian: trepang, Malay: těripang) that are used as food. The collector, or fisher, of trepang is a trepanger…
Thelenota ananas, a giant sea cucumber from the Indo-Pacific tropics
Details of the mouth with its tentacles.
Synaptula lamperti lives on sponges (here in Indonesia).
Synapta maculata, the longest known sea cucumber (Apodida).