Thyone aurea Golden Sea Cucumber

Thyone aurea is commonly referred to as Golden Sea Cucumber. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

18270 

AphiaID:

210707 

Scientific:

Thyone aurea 

German:

Goldene Seewalze 

English:

Golden Sea Cucumber 

Category:

Zeekomkommers 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Dendrochirotida (Order) > Phyllophoridae (Family) > Thyone (Genus) > aurea (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Quoy & Gaimard, ), 1834 

Occurrence:

Namibia, South-Africa 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

0 - 70 Meter 

Habitats:

Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky, hard seabeds, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water, Under rocks 

Size:

up to 5.12" (13 cm) 

Temperature:

57.2 °F - 71.6 °F (14°C - 22°C) 

Food:

Deposit feeder, Plankton, Suspension feeder 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Thyone adinopoda
• Thyone andrewsii
• Thyone anomala
• 
  Thyone aurea
  Goldene Seewalze
• Thyone avenusta
• Thyone axiologa
• Thyone bacescoi
• Thyone benti
• Thyone bicornis
• Thyone bidentata
• Thyone carens
• Thyone cherbonnieri
• Thyone comata
• Thyone crassidisca
• Thyone crebrapodia
• Thyone curvata
• Thyone deichmannae
• Thyone discolor
• Thyone dura
• Thyone flindersi
• Thyone fusca
• Thyone fusus
• Thyone gadeana
• Thyone grisea
• Thyone guillei
• Thyone herberti
• Thyone hirta
• Thyone imperfecta
• Thyone inermis
• Thyone infusca
• Thyone joshuai
• Thyone kerkosa
• Thyone longicornis
• Thyone micra
• Thyone montoucheti
• Thyone neofusus
• Thyone nigra
• Thyone okeni
• Thyone papuensis
• Thyone parafusus
• Thyone pawsoni
• Thyone pedata
• Thyone pohaiensis
• Thyone polybranchia
• Thyone profusus
• Thyone propinqua
• Thyone pseudofusus
• Thyone purpureopunctata
• Thyone quadruperforata
• Thyone roscovita
• Thyone sinensis
• Thyone sineturra
• Thyone spenceri
• Thyone spinifera
• Thyone strangeri
• Thyone susamiensis
• Thyone tanyspiera
• Thyone theeli
• Thyone tourvillei
• Thyone vadosa
• Thyone venusta
• Thyone venustella
• Thyone villosa
• Thyone vitrea
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-04-13 12:36:17 

Last edit:

2026-04-13 12:50:28 

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