Pentacta doliolum Mauve Sea Cucumber

Pentacta doliolum is commonly referred to as Mauve Sea Cucumber. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

18306 

AphiaID:

210677 

Scientific:

Pentacta doliolum 

German:

Malvenfarbene Seewalze 

English:

Mauve Sea Cucumber 

Category:

Sea Cucumbers 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Dendrochirotida (Order) > Cucumariidae (Family) > Pentacta (Genus) > doliolum (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Pallas, ), 1766 

Occurrence:

Indian Ocean, South-Africa, Sri Lanka 

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:

8 - 52 Meter 

Habitats:

Rock crevices, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water, Shell Gravel Soils, Shell Grit Soils 

Temperature:

14,8 °F - 82.4 °F (14,8°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Detritus, Suspension feeder 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Pentacta doliolum
  Malvenfarbene Seewalze
• Pentacta guinensis
• Pentacta hedingi
• Pentacta nipponensis
• Pentacta panamensis
• Pentacta peterseni
• Pentacta verrucula

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-04-28 19:21:21 

Last edit:

2026-04-28 19:29:24 

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