Apostichopus japonicus Japanese Sea Cucumber

Apostichopus japonicus is commonly referred to as Japanese Sea Cucumber. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

6815 

AphiaID:

241776 

Scientific:

Apostichopus japonicus 

German:

Japanische Stachelseegurke 

English:

Japanese Sea Cucumber 

Category:

Sea Cucumbers 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

(Selenka, ), 1867 

Occurrence:

Russland, China, Corea, Japan, Kuril Islands, Western Pacific 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 - 100 Meter 

Size:

3.94" - 15.75" (10cm - 40cm) 

Temperature:

57.2 °F - 77 °F (14°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Detritus 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Endangered (EN) 

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:

2014-02-26 11:16:47 

Last edit:

2020-07-19 09:40:37 

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