Ocnus planci Brown sea cucumber

Ocnus planci is commonly referred to as Brown sea cucumber. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep.

Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland

Ocnus planci © Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Bild aus der Adria

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Scientific:: Ocnus planci
German:: Kletter Seegurke
English:: Brown Sea Cucumber

Category:: Sea Cucumbers

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Dendrochirotida (Order) > Cucumariidae (Family) > Ocnus (Genus) > planci (Species)
Initial determination:: (Brandt, ), 1835

Occurrence:: Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), North Atlantic Ocean, the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea
Size:: 3.94" - 5.91" (10cm - 15cm)
Temperature:: 50 °F - 77 °F (10°C - 25°C)
Food:: Plankton, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: Experts only! Very hard to keep

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Ocnus amiculus
Ocnus braziliensis
Ocnus brunneus
Ocnus capensis
Ocnus cataphractus
Ocnus corbulus
Ocnus cruciformis
Ocnus cylindricus
Ocnus diomedeae
Ocnus glacialis
Ocnus lacteus
Ocnus paracorbulus
Ocnus petiti
Ocnus placominutus
Ocnus planci
Kletter Seegurke
Ocnus pygmaeus
Ocnus rowei
Ocnus tantulus
Ocnus vicarius

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-11-03 13:33:02
Last edit:: 2013-11-03 13:33:02

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Ocnus planci (Brandt, 1835)

Ocnus planci is a cylindrically-shaped brown sea cucumber with a thick smooth leathery skin and 10 small tentacles.Its grow up to 15 cm in length, and 3,5 cm in thickness.This sea cucumber is found from depths of 15–175 m.

Ocnus planci is a suspension feeder. The eight large and two small feeding tentacles are branched.With the feeding tentacles plankton is filtered.

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Dendrochirotida (Order) >Cucumariidae (Family) > Ocnus (Genus)

External links

Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Homepage von Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Ocnus planci © Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Bild aus der Adria

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