Actinopyga caerulea Blue Sea Cucumber

Actinopyga caeruleais commonly referred to as Blue Sea Cucumber. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Dr. Karine Marangon

Actinopyga caerulea,Holothurie bleue,Blue sea cucumber,Northwestern Mayotte, 2021

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AphiaID:: 242106

Scientific:: Actinopyga caerulea
German:: Blaue Seewalze
English:: Blue Sea Cucumber

Category:: Sea Cucumbers

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Holothuriida (Order) > Holothuriidae (Family) > Actinopyga (Genus) > caerulea (Species)
Initial determination:: Samyn, VandenSpiegel & Massin, 2006

Occurrence:: Bali, Comores, Indonesia, Mayotte, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Thailand
Sea depth:: 12 - 45 Meter
Size:: up to 15.75" (40 cm)
Temperature:: °F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C)
Food:: Detritus
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Data deficient (DD)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Actinopyga agassizii
Fünfzahn-Seegurke
Actinopyga albonigra
Actinopyga bacilla
Actinopyga bannwarthi
Actinopyga caerulea
Blaue Seewalze
Actinopyga capillata
Actinopyga crassa
Actinopyga echinites
Seewalze
Actinopyga flammea
Seewalze
Actinopyga fusca
Actinopyga lecanora
Seegurke
Actinopyga mauritiana
Mauretanische Seewalze
Actinopyga miliaris
Actinopyga obesa
Actinopyga palauensis
Palau Seewalze
Actinopyga serratidens
Actinopyga spinea
Actinopyga varians

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2022-04-08 20:04:13
Last edit:: 2022-04-08 20:05:01

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Actinopyga caerulea Samyn, VandenSpiegel & Massin, 2006

The Blue Sea Cucumber is a very large species. It grow up to 400 mm long and 140 mm wide mid-body. The Body is loaf-shaped, the colour in life bluish with patches of white.

Actinopyga caerulea is a detritus/deposit feeder on coral patches on the outer slope of coral reefs and actively during the day.

The name "caerulea" is Latin, refers to the unique blue colour of the species.

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Actinopyga caerulea,Holothurie bleue,Blue sea cucumber,Northwestern Mayotte, 2021

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