Colochirus robustus Yellow cucumber, Robust Sea Cucumber, Yellow Sea Cucumber

Colochirus robustus is commonly referred to as Yellow cucumber, Robust Sea Cucumber, Yellow Sea Cucumber. Difficulty in the aquarium: Alleen voor gevorderden. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

695 

AphiaID:

241806 

Scientific:

Colochirus robustus 

German:

Gelbe Seewalze 

English:

Yellow Cucumber, Robust Sea Cucumber, Yellow Sea Cucumber 

Category:

Zeekomkommers 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Dendrochirotida (Order) > Cucumariidae (Family) > Colochirus (Genus) > robustus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Östergren, 1898 

Occurrence:

Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Raja Amat, South China Sea 

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:

7 - 112 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

2.36" - 3.15" (6cm - 8cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Copepods, Detritus, Dustfood , Frozen food (small sorts), Phytoplankton, Plankton, Zooplankton 

Tank:

109.99 gal (~ 500L)  

Difficulty:

Alleen voor gevorderden 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Has a poison harmful to health 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Colochirus crassus
  Kleine Warzen-Seewalze
• Colochirus cylindricus
• Colochirus pusillus
• 
  Colochirus quadrangularis
  Stachelige Seewalze
• 
  Colochirus robustus
  Gelbe Seewalze

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-09-15 21:41:05 

Last edit:

2025-05-17 17:46:45 

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Colochirus robustus has a harmful toxin.
As a rule, animals with a harmful poison do not pose mortal danger in normal Aquarieaner everyday life. Read the following husbandry information and comments from aquarists who already keep Colochirus robustus in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Colochirus robustus. Every human reacts differently to poisons.
If you suspect that you have come into contact with the poison, please contact your doctor or the poison emergency call.
The phone number of the poison emergency call can be found here:
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Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

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