Holothuroidea | 
Synallactida | 
Stichopodidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Benthic; depth range 0 - 61 m (Ref. 83942).  Tropical; 33°N -   17°S, 119°W -   73°W			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Eastern Pacific:  From Baja California, Mexico to Peru.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 31.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 97450)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Deposit-feeders (Ref. 481).				
			
			
			
			
			
				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 (Ref. 833).				
			
			
			
			
			
				CITES 2009 Appendices I, II and III valid from 22 May 2009. UNEP. (Ref. 82577)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Human uses  
			
			
				Fisheries: commercial			
			
			
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				Estimates based on models
			
			
			
									
						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 21.5 - 28.9, mean 26.4 (based on 40 cells).			
 
			
			
			
							
					Resilience  				
				
				
					Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.18-0.27).				
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Moderate vulnerability (37 of 100).					
				
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.