Apostichopus californicus giant California sea cucumber

Apostichopus californicus is commonly referred to as giant California sea cucumber. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

10302 

AphiaID:

529363 

Scientific:

Apostichopus californicus 

German:

Kalifornische Riesenseewalze 

English:

Giant California Sea Cucumber 

Category:

Søargurker 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Synallactida (Order) > Stichopodidae (Family) > Apostichopus (Genus) > californicus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Stimpson, ), 1857 

Occurrence:

Alaska (Western Atlantic), Gulf of California, Pacific Ocean, USA 

Sea depth:

0 - 250 Meter 

Size:

up to 19.69" (50 cm) 

Temperature:

33.8 °F - 71.6 °F (1°C - 22°C) 

Food:

Carrion, Plankton, Sediment feeder 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Apostichopus californicus
  Kalifornische Riesenseewalze
• 
  Apostichopus japonicus
  Japanische Stachelseegurke
• Apostichopus johnsoni
• Apostichopus leukothele
• Apostichopus multidentis
• Apostichopus nigripunctatus
• Apostichopus nipponensis
• 
  Apostichopus parvimensis
  Warzen-Seegurke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-01-07 19:46:39 

Last edit:

2017-01-08 08:22:20 

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