Valonia ventricosa, Sailor's eyeball
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Valonia ventricosa   Agardh, 1887

Sailor's eyeball

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

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Ulvophyceae | Siphonocladales | Valoniaceae

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

Epiphytic; brackish; depth range 0 - 108 m (Ref. 102134).  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Pacific Ocean and Western Central Atlantic. Tropical to subtropical.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Occurs in shallow, high-relief spur and groove zones (Ref. 87158), sands, rocks, coral rubble and corals, outer ridge of coral reef, lee side of reef crest, mangrove roots and among Thalassia. Depth varies from intertidal to shallow to until 9 m (Ref. 87157).

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Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Gischler, E. and R.N. Ginsburg 1996 Cavity dwellers (coelobites) under coral rubble in southern Belize barrier and atoll reefs. Bull. Mar. Sci. 58(2):570-589. (Ref. 86352)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 25.5 - 29, mean 27.8 (based on 926 cells).

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