Neopentadactyla mixta Gravel Sea Cucumber

Neopentadactyla mixta is commonly referred to as Gravel Sea Cucumber. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!.

Jim Greenfield, Großbritannien

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AphiaID:: 124685

Scientific:: Neopentadactyla mixta
German:: Seegurke
English:: Gravel Sea Cucumber

Category:: Sea Cucumbers

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Dendrochirotida (Order) > Phyllophoridae (Family) > Neopentadactyla (Genus) > mixta (Species)
Initial determination:: (Östergren, ) Deichmann, 1944, 1898

Occurrence:: the North Sea, the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, The Shetland Islands (Scotland)
Size:: up to 9.84" (25 cm)
Temperature:: °F - 64.4 °F (°C - 18°C)
Food:: Phytoplankton, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: None

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Neopentadactyla mixta
Seegurke

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-05-15 21:33:02
Last edit:: 2014-05-15 21:33:02

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(Östergren, 1898) Deichmann, 1944

Synonyms:
Pseudocucumis cuenoti Koehler & Vaney, 1905
Pseudocucumis mixta Östergren, 1898

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Dendrochirotida (Order) > Phyllophoridae (Family) > Neopentadactyla (Genus)

External links

Habitas (Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Homepage Jim Greenfield (British Marine Life) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Marine Species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
MarLIN - The Marine Life Information Network (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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