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Opheodesoma spectabilis Sea Cucumber

Opheodesoma spectabilisis commonly referred to as Sea Cucumber. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. A aquarium size of at least 300 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Bernard Dupont, Frankreich

Sea Cucumber (Opheodesoma spectabilis),Retak Larry, Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, INDONESIA, 2009


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lexID:
3242 
AphiaID:
210712 
Scientific:
Opheodesoma spectabilis 
German:
Rotring-Wurmseegurke 
English:
Sea Cucumber 
Category:
Sea Cucumbers 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Apodida (Order) > Synaptidae (Family) > Opheodesoma (Genus) > spectabilis (Species) 
Initial determination:
Fisher, 1907 
Occurrence:
East Africa, Guam, Hawaii, Indo Pacific, New Caledonia 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
5 - 50 Meter 
Size:
up to 31.5" (80 cm) 
Temperature:
73.4 °F - 82.4 °F (23°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Algae, Detritus, Plankton, Sediment feeder 
Tank:
65.99 gal (~ 300L)  
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-03-13 20:59:24 

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Opheodesoma spectabilis Fisher, 1907

The red-ringed worm sea cucumber feeds by dabbing the substrate with its 10 to 15 oral tentacles and ingesting organic particles and microorganisms. Nothing is known about the propagation of the red ring worm sea cucumber.

Direct children (1):
Variety Opheodesoma spectabilis var. puerto-galerae Domantay, 1933 (uncertain > nomen dubium, Opheodesoma unidentified)

Scientific paper

  1. Fine Structure of the ocelli of a synaptid holothurian,Opheodesoma spectabilis, and the effects of light and darkness, Masamichi Yamamoto; M. Yoshida, 1978
  2. THE ETHOLOGY OF THE SYNAPTID HOLOTHURIAN, OPHEODESOMA SPECTABILIS, Berrill, Michael, 1966

External links

  1. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 13.03.2022.
  2. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 13.03.2022.

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Synaptid Sea Cucumber (Opheodesoma spectabilis),Tanjung Tebal, Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, INDONESIA,2009
Synaptid Sea Cucumber (Opheodesoma spectabilis),Tanjung Tebal, Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, INDONESIA,2009
Sea Cucumber (Opheodesoma spectabilis),Retak Larry, Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, INDONESIA, 2009

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