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Neothyonidium dearmatum Sand Sea Cucumber, Burrowing sea cucumber

Neothyonidium dearmatum is commonly referred to as Sand Sea Cucumber, Burrowing sea cucumber. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Foto: Portsea, Victoria, Australien

/ 2022
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lexID:
14796 
AphiaID:
414270 
Scientific:
Neothyonidium dearmatum 
German:
Seewalze 
English:
Sand Sea Cucumber, Burrowing Sea Cucumber 
Category:
Sea Cucumbers 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Dendrochirotida (Order) > Phyllophoridae (Family) > Neothyonidium (Genus) > dearmatum (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Dendy & Hindle, ), 1907 
Occurrence:
New Zealand, Victoria (Australia) 
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:
0 - 68 Meter 
Size:
1.18" - 2.36" (3,5cm - 6,5cm) 
Temperature:
58.064 °F - 68 °F (14.48°C - 20°C) 
Food:
Detritus, Filter feeder, Plankton 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for home aquaria! 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Neothyonidium armatum
  • Neothyonidium dearmatum
    Seewalze
  • Neothyonidium hawaiiense
  • Neothyonidium inflatum
  • Neothyonidium intermedium
  • Neothyonidium minutum
  • Neothyonidium parvipedum
  • Neothyonidium parvum
  • Neothyonidium spiniferum
  • Neothyonidium vultur
 
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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-09-20 17:37:55 

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Neothyonidium dearmatum is a small, coastal sea cucumber that lives in shell sand, shell mud, and coarse sandy bottoms.

This sea cucumber feeds by filtering the water column with its crown of tentacles, bringing each arm into its mouth in turn to carry food particles.
Neothyonidium dearmatum is found mainly in the waters and New Zealand and around the Australian state of Victoria.

Synonyme:
Neothyonidium dearmatus (Dendy & Hindle, 1907)
Phyllophorus dearmatus Dendy & Hindle, 1907

External links

  1. Flickr Homepage Rob & Sue Peatling (en). Abgerufen am 20.09.2022.
  2. Some Additions to our Knowledge of the New Zealand Holothurians (en). Abgerufen am 14.05.2022.
  3. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Sea Cucumbers ( Echinodermata: Holothuroidea ) , Seite 29 (en). Abgerufen am 14.05.2022.
  4. The phyllophorid sea cucumbers of southern Australia (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida: Phyllophoridae) (en). Abgerufen am 14.05.2022.
  5. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 14.05.2022.

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Foto: Portsea, Victoria, Australien

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