Holothuroidea | 
Synallactida | 
Stichopodidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Reef-associated; depth range 10 - 35 m (Ref. 85218).  Tropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Indo-West Pacific:  Papua New Guinea; Solomon Islands; Guam; Banda Islands; New Caledonia; Philippines; Indonesia; South China Sea; Fiji; Palau (Ref. 800).
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 50.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 85218)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Inhabitant of the outer reef slope from a depth of 20 m and deeper (Ref. 800).				
			
			
			
			
			
				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.				
			
			
			
			
			
				UNEP-WCMC 2003 UNEP-WCMC Species Database. http://www.unep-wcmc.org. (Ref. 485)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
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						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Moderate vulnerability (40 of 100).					
				
						
						
			
									
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					Unknown.