Stichopus horrens Dragonfish, Peanutfish, Selenka's Sea Cucumber, Warty Sea Cucumber

Stichopus horrens is commonly referred to as Dragonfish, Peanutfish, Selenka's Sea Cucumber, Warty Sea Cucumber. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

2672 

AphiaID:

210914 

Scientific:

Stichopus horrens 

German:

Riesen-Seewalze, Warzige Seewalze 

English:

Dragonfish, Peanutfish, Selenka's Sea Cucumber, Warty Sea Cucumber 

Category:

Sea Cucumbers 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Synallactida (Order) > Stichopodidae (Family) > Stichopus (Genus) > horrens (Species) 

Initial determination:

Selenka, 1867 

Occurrence:

Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, (the) Maldives, Australia, China, Corea, Fiji, Galapagos Islands, Guam, Hawaii, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, South-Africa, Tansania, Thailand, the Seychelles, Vietnam, Western Indian Ocean 

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 - 15 Meter 

Size:

up to 11.81" (30 cm) 

Weight:

500 g 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 80.6 °F (23°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Detritus, Plankton, Sediment feeder 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Data deficient (DD) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Stichopus chloronotus
  Schwarze Seewalze, Grüne Seewalze, Stachelige Seewalze
• Stichopus ellipes
• Stichopus fusiformiossa
• 
  Stichopus herrmanni
  Herrmanns Seewalze
• 
  Stichopus horrens
  Riesen-Seewalze, Warzige Seewalze
• Stichopus ludwigi
• 
  Stichopus monotuberculatus
  Seewalze, Seegurke
• Stichopus naso
• 
  Stichopus noctivagus
  Nachtaktive Seewalze
• Stichopus ocellatus
• 
  Stichopus pseudohorrens
  Seewalze
• Stichopus quadrifasciatus
• Stichopus rubermaculosus
• 
  Stichopus vastus
  Curry-Seewalze
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2009-01-15 21:21:32 

Last edit:

2023-01-31 13:19:12 

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