Holothuria coluber Semper, 1868

Snake fish

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050

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Holothuria coluber AquaMaps Data sources: GBIF OBIS

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Holothuria coluber

Classification / Names Tên thường gặp | Các synonym ( Các tên trùng) | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Holothuroidea | Holothuriida | Holothuriidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / Mức độ sâu / distribution range Sinh thái học

Cùng sống ở rạn san hô; Mức độ sâu 0 - 25 m (Tài liệu tham khảo 81020), usually 0 - 8 m (Tài liệu tham khảo 92930). Tropical

Distribution Các nước | Các khu vực của FAO | Các hệ sinh thái | Những lần xuất hiện | Những chỉ dẫn

Pacific ocean, excluding Hawaii.

Length at first maturity / Bộ gần gũi / Weight / Age

Chín muồi sinh dục: L_m ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 60.0 cm TL con đực/không giới tính; (Tài liệu tham khảo 122); common length : 40.0 cm TL con đực/không giới tính; (Tài liệu tham khảo 122); Khối lượng cực đại được công bố: 1.0 kg (Tài liệu tham khảo 122)

Short description Hình thái học

Mean live weight 300 to 1000 g; body-wall thickness 0.4 cm. Body cylindrical, very elongate, larger near the posterior end. Tegument very tough. Papillae on bivium short; emerging from warts; podia on trivium conical, stout, yellow, arranged in 10 rows on the radii and interradii; calcareous disc of podia around 400 micrometer in diameter. Mouth ventral, surrounded by 20 very long, stout tentacles of characteristic yellow color; mouth also surrounded by a collar of small papillae. Anus surrounded by 5 groups of 3 small papillae. Calcareous ring with large and high radial pieces and narrow interradials. Cuvierian tubules absent. Black, with yellow podia. Spicules on tegument with tables and pseudo-buttons; tables with circular discs showing 8 holes, bearing a spire of 4 pillars, with spiny crown, hollow in the middle; pseudo-buttons plate-like with denticulate border; rods in the podia and papillae smooth, with holes at their ends; tentacles with nodulous rods.

Not known to be traditionally harvested, but in recent times, due to increasing demand, this species also appears in the processed products of some Pacific Islands; low commercial value. Collected by hand while wading on the reefs at low tide, or by divers. Found in moderately shallow water; mostly on inner reef flats of fringing and lagoon-islet reefs and shallow coastal lagoons; abundant on sandy-muddy grounds with rubble or coral patches, where it hides the posterior part of its body (Ref. 122). Inhabits the edges of reefs and under boulders. Feeds on the surface of sediments (Ref. 92930). Population densities between 0.1 and 0.2 per square meter (Ref. 122).