Actinopyga flammea Sea Cucumber

Actinopyga flammeais commonly referred to as Sea Cucumber. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping.

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lexID:: 8971
AphiaID:: 241771

Scientific:: Actinopyga flammea
German:: Seewalze
English:: Sea Cucumber

Category:: Sea Cucumbers

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Holothuriida (Order) > Holothuriidae (Family) > Actinopyga (Genus) > flammea (Species)
Initial determination:: Cherbonnier, 1979

Occurrence:: Borneo (Kalimantan), Central Pazific, China, Fiji, Indonesia, New Caledonia, South China Sea, Tonga, Western Pacific Ocean
Sea depth:: 35 - 60 Meter
Size:: up to 17.72" (45 cm)
Temperature:: 75.2 °F - 82.4 °F (24°C - 28°C)
Food:: Detritus
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

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:: 2015-11-17 20:17:54
Last edit:: 2022-04-08 20:27:03

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Actinopyga flammea Cherbonnier, 1979

Actinopyga is a genus of sea cucumbers found in coastal waters in tropical and temperate regions. Actinopyga flammea is a red sea cucumber, occurs under boulders and on slopes up to depths of 60 m.

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Aspidochirotida (Order) > Holothuriidae (Family) > Actinopyga (Genus) > Actinopyga flammea (Species)

External links

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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