Enypniastes eximia Pink swimming sea cucumber, ‘Headless Chicken Monster’

Enypniastes eximia is commonly referred to as Pink swimming sea cucumber, ‘Headless Chicken Monster’. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

12059 

AphiaID:

124759 

Scientific:

Enypniastes eximia 

German:

Tiefsee-Seegurke (Hühnermonster) 

English:

Pink Swimming Sea Cucumber, ‘Headless Chicken Monster’ 

Category:

Zeekomkommers 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Elasipodida (Order) > Pelagothuriidae (Family) > Enypniastes (Genus) > eximia (Species) 

Initial determination:

Théel, 1882 

Occurrence:

Antarctica, European Coasts, Gulf of Mexico, Indian Ocean, New Zealand, Pacific Ocean, the British Isles, the Cape Verde Archipelago 

Marine Zone:

Abyssopelagial
The abyssopelagial ranges from 4000 to 6000 meters deep, here the temperature is close to freezing, the pressure is 400 to 600 times higher than at the surface and there is no sunlight. 

Sea depth:

516 - 5689 Meter 

Size:

2.76" - 0" (7cm - ?cm) 

Temperature:

1,5 °F - 6,4 °F (1,5°C - 6,4°C) 

Food:

Detritus, Filter feeder, Invertebrates, Sediment feeder 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Enypniastes eximia
  Tiefsee-Seegurke (Hühnermonster)

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2019-03-29 16:39:03 

Last edit:

2019-03-30 12:32:42 

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