Holothuroidea | 
Holothuriida | 
Holothuriidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Benthic; depth range 0 - 20 m (Ref. 81020).  Tropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Indo-West Pacific.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 35.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 92930)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Found on sandy areas (Ref. 115900) surrounded by corals (Ref. 129602).  During the day, this species is found under rubble on reef flats, while at night it starts being exposed and becoming active. Disturbance causes this species to eject copious amounts of Cuvierian tubules (Ref. 85218).  Conveyor belt-feeder (Ref. 108108), meaning it ingests the substrate's surface and defecates on it (Ref. 115242).  Inserts itself in cavities beneath coral colonies during the day along with other Holothuroids (Ref. 129602).				
			
			
			
			
			
				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.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Hartati, S.T., I.S. Wahyuni and U.N. Badri 2050 Jenis-Jenis Teripang Di Indonesia: Sea Cucumber species of Indonesia. Research Institute for Marine Fisheries. (Ref. 75656)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
				
					  Harmless				
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Human uses  
			
			
				Fisheries: commercial			
			
			
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						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 25.6 - 29.3, mean 28.7 (based on 2707 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low vulnerability (25 of 100).