Eupentacta quinquesemita White Sea Cucumber, Stiff-footed Sea Cucumber,Creamy cucumber

Eupentacta quinquesemita is commonly referred to as White Sea Cucumber, Stiff-footed Sea Cucumber,Creamy cucumber. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

12073 

AphiaID:

529305 

Scientific:

Eupentacta quinquesemita 

German:

Weiße Seewalze, Steife Seewalze 

English:

White Sea Cucumber, Stiff-footed Sea Cucumber,Creamy Cucumber 

Category:

Sea Cucumbers 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Dendrochirotida (Order) > Sclerodactylidae (Family) > Eupentacta (Genus) > quinquesemita (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Selenka, ), 1867 

Occurrence:

Alaska (Western Atlantic), Canada Eastern Pacific, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Japan, Mexico (East Pacific), North Pacific (Ocean), USA 

Sea depth:

0 - 15 Meter 

Habitats:

Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Muddy grounds, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

1.97" - 3.94" (5cm - 10cm) 

Temperature:

8,4 °F - 18,6 °F (8,4°C - 18,6°C) 

Food:

Detritus, Suspension feeder 

Difficulty:

Cold water animal 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Eupentacta exigua
• 
  Eupentacta fraudatrix
  Seewalze, Seegurke
• Eupentacta pseudoquinquesemita
• 
  Eupentacta quinquesemita
  Weiße Seewalze, Steife Seewalze

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2019-04-13 13:24:08 

Last edit:

2024-06-22 20:42:21 

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