Actinopyga lecanora White-bottomed Sea Cucumber

Actinopyga lecanora is commonly referred to as White-bottomed Sea Cucumber. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

10294 

AphiaID:

208952 

Scientific:

Actinopyga lecanora 

German:

Weißende Seewalze 

English:

White-bottomed Sea Cucumber 

Category:

Ogórki morskie 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Holothuriida (Order) > Holothuriidae (Family) > Actinopyga (Genus) > lecanora (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Jaeger, ), 1833 

Occurrence:

Djibouti, American Samoa, Australia, China, Fiji, Guam, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mascarene Islands, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Okinawa, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Réunion , Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, the Seychelles, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam 

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 - 30 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 9.84" (25 cm) 

Temperature:

25,6 °F - 27,0 °F (25,6°C - 27,0°C) 

Food:

Detritus, Sediment feeder, Worms 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Data deficient (DD) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Actinopyga agassizii
  Fünfzahn-Seegurke
• Actinopyga albonigra
• Actinopyga bacilla
• Actinopyga bannwarthi
• 
  Actinopyga caerulea
  Blaue Seewalze
• Actinopyga capillata
• Actinopyga crassa
• 
  Actinopyga echinites
  Seewalze
• 
  Actinopyga flammea
  Seewalze
• Actinopyga fusca
• 
  Actinopyga lecanora
  Weißende Seewalze
• 
  Actinopyga mauritiana
  Mauretanische Seewalze
• Actinopyga miliaris
• Actinopyga obesa
• 
  Actinopyga palauensis
  Palau Seewalze
• Actinopyga serratidens
• Actinopyga spinea
• Actinopyga varians
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-01-03 20:13:31 

Last edit:

2025-12-23 19:34:18 

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