Psolus phantapus Fuzzy Sea Cucumber

Psolus phantapusis commonly referred to as Fuzzy Sea Cucumber. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland

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Scientific:: Psolus phantapus
German:: Schuppen-Seegurke
English:: Fuzzy Sea Cucumber

Category:: Sea Cucumbers

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Dendrochirotida (Order) > Psolidae (Family) > Psolus (Genus) > phantapus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Strussenfelt, ), 1765

Occurrence:: Arctic (North Polar Sea), Canada , European Coasts, Greenland, Gulf of Maine, Iceland, North Atlantic Ocean, Scandinavia, Skagerrak, the British Isles, The Shetland Islands (Scotland), West-Atlantic Ocean
Sea depth:: 0 - 2554 Meter
Size:: up to 7.87" (20 cm)
Temperature:: °F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C)
Food:: Detritus, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: Experts only! Very hard to keep
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Psolus agulhasicus
Psolus antarcticus
Psolus arnaudi
Psolus ascidiiformis
Psolus atlantis
Psolus belgicae
Psolus byrdae
Psolus capensis
Psolus carolineae
Psolus cherbonnieri
Psolus chitonoides
Pantoffel-Seegurke
Psolus complicatus
Psolus depressus
Psolus digitatus
Psolus diomedeae
Psolus dubiosus
Psolus ephippifer
Psolus eximius
Psolus fabricii
Psolus figulus
Psolus fimbriatus
Psolus granulosus
Psolus griffithsi
Psolus heardi
Psolus hypsinotus
Psolus japonicus
Psolus levis
Psolus lockhartae
Psolus macquariensis
Psolus macrolepis
Psolus mannarensis
Psolus marcusi
Psolus megaloplax
Psolus membranaceus
Psolus murrayi
Psolus nummularis
Psolus operculatus
Psolus paradubiosus
Psolus parantarcticus
Psolus parvulus
Psolus patagonicus
Psolus pauper
Psolus pawsoni
Psolus peronii
Psolus phantapus
Schuppen-Seegurke
Psolus pourtalesi
Psolus propinquus
Psolus punctatus
Psolus salottii
Psolus segregatus
Psolus solidus
Psolus springthorpei
Psolus squamatus
Psolus steuarti
Psolus tessellatus
Psolus tropicus
Psolus tuberculosus
Psolus victoriae

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-11-04 21:02:06
Last edit:: 2020-04-05 20:00:21

Info

(Strussenfelt, 1765)

Synonyms:
Holothuria phantapus Strussenfelt, 1765
Holothuria phantapus Müller, 1776
Holothuria phantapus Linnaeus, 1767
Psolus granulatus Ayres, 1851
Psolus laevigatus Ayres, 1851
Psolus regalis Verrill, 1866

External links

Habitas (Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Homepage Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Marine Species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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© Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland, Bild aus Schottland

© Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland, Bild aus Norwegen

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