Leptosynapta albicans Burrowing Sea Cucumber

Leptosynapta albicans is commonly referred to as Burrowing 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.

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lexID:

15361 

AphiaID:

529522 

Scientific:

Leptosynapta albicans 

German:

Grabende Seewalze, Weißliche Seewalze 

English:

Burrowing Sea Cucumber 

Category:

Sea Cucumbers 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Apodida (Order) > Synaptidae (Family) > Leptosynapta (Genus) > albicans (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Selenka, ), 1867 

Occurrence:

Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), North Pacific (Ocean), USA 

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:

Coastal waters, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Rocky, hard seabeds, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water, Shell Gravel Soils, Shell Grit Soils 

Size:

1.97" - 5.91" (5cm - 15cm) 

Food:

Detritus 

Difficulty:

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

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Leptosynapta albicans
  Grabende Seewalze, Weißliche Seewalze
• Leptosynapta ancoracuta
• Leptosynapta bergensis
• Leptosynapta brasiliensis
• Leptosynapta chela
• Leptosynapta circopatina
• Leptosynapta clarki
• Leptosynapta crassipatina
• Leptosynapta cruenta
• Leptosynapta decaria
• Leptosynapta dolabrifera
• Leptosynapta galliennii
• Leptosynapta geyserensis
• Leptosynapta imswe
• Leptosynapta inhaerens
• Leptosynapta knysnaensis
• Leptosynapta latipatina
• Leptosynapta longhursti
• Leptosynapta macrankyra
• Leptosynapta marchadi
• Leptosynapta micropatina
• Leptosynapta minuta
• Leptosynapta multigranula
• Leptosynapta naiga
• Leptosynapta nannoplax
• Leptosynapta oblonga
• Leptosynapta parvipatina
• Leptosynapta pustulosa
• Leptosynapta roseogradia
• Leptosynapta steinitzi
• Leptosynapta tantula
• Leptosynapta tenuis
• Leptosynapta transgressor
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2022-11-15 17:12:40 

Last edit:

2024-06-16 20:55:55 

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