Holothuroidea | 
Dendrochirotida | 
Phyllophoridae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Benthic; depth range 0 - 50 m (Ref. 88950).  Subtropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Southwest Pacific:  New Zealand.
			
			
			
			
			
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					Eulittoral (Ref. 88950).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
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					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.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Fell, H.B. 1948 The constitution and relations of the New Zealand echinoderm fauna. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 77(5):208-212. (Ref. 88950)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
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				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
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					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
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					  Harmless				
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
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