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Colochirus quadrangularis, Thorny sea cucumber

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Colochirus quadrangularis   Troschel, 1846

Thorny sea cucumber
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Holothuroidea | Dendrochirotida | Cucumariidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 0 - 115 m (Ref. 81020).  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-West Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Short description Morphology

Body can be squarish or rectangular in shape. With rows of prominent tapering papillae along the corners of the body. Body is grayish-red, while the underside and papillae are usually red. Feeding tentacles have yellow stalks and dark red branches. Tube feet are light red.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Intertidal, to depths reaching 100 meters. Attached on rocks or laying in sandy areas and seagrass patches. Suspension feeder. Collect planktons and organic detritus via its feeding tentacles (Ref. 125532).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the class Holothuroidea are gonochoric and have only one gonad. Spawning and fertilization are both external and some exhibit brooding. Life cycle: Embryos develop into planktotrophic larvae (auricularia) then into doliolaria (barrel-shaped stage) which later metamorphose into juvenile sea cucumbers.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

UNEP-WCMC. 2003. (Ref. 485)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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