Opheodesoma serpentina Opheodesoma serpentina

Opheodesoma serpentina is commonly referred to as Opheodesoma serpentina. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

4367 

AphiaID:

210713 

Scientific:

Opheodesoma serpentina 

German:

Wurmseegurke 

English:

Opheodesoma Serpentina 

Category:

Sea Cucumbers 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Apodida (Order) > Synaptidae (Family) > Opheodesoma (Genus) > serpentina (Species) 

Initial determination:

(J. Müller, ), 1850 

Occurrence:

East Africa, India, Madagascar, Tansania 

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:

Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water, Soft grounds 

Size:

up to 62.99" (160 cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 82.4 °F (24°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Detritus, Plankton, Sediment feeder 

Tank:

109.99 gal (~ 500L)  

Difficulty:

Experts only! Very hard to keep 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Opheodesoma australiensis
  Australische Wurmseegurke
• Opheodesoma clarki
• Opheodesoma glabra
• Opheodesoma grisea
• Opheodesoma lineata
• Opheodesoma radiosa
• 
  Opheodesoma serpentina
  Wurmseegurke
• Opheodesoma sinevirga
• 
  Opheodesoma spectabilis
  Rotring-Wurmseegurke
• Opheodesoma variabilis

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2012-05-02 15:29:25 

Last edit:

2026-02-21 19:52:57 

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