Holothuroidea | 
Holothuriida | 
Holothuriidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Benthic; depth range 30 - 30 m (Ref. 85218).  Tropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Indo-West Pacific:  New Caledonia and Philippines.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 40.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 85218)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Found within the sediments of reef flats and forereef slopes up to a depth of 30 m.  It releases milky white, pointed Cuvierian tubules in large quantities when disturbed (Ref. 85218).				
			
			
			
			
			
				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.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Kerr, A.M., K. Netchy and A.M. Gawel 2006 Survey of the shallow-water sea cucumbers of the central Philippines. University of Guam Marine Laboratory, Technical Report No. 119, 56 p. (Ref. 85218)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
				
					  Harmless				
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
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						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low to moderate vulnerability (30 of 100).