DiscoverSpeciesOther invertebrates
Plump Sea Cucumber
Actinopyga obesa
- Usual depth2–14 m
- Water temperature22–29 °C
- Best monthsSeptember
- How commonOccasional
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 178 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 3 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 80 records
- August: 57 records
- September: 832 records
- October: 261 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 2–14 m · Deepest record: 21 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 22–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Plump Sea Cucumber
Other scientific names: Holothuria rugosa, Muelleria obesa
Similar species
Brown BeautyActinopyga echinites
Surf RedfishActinopyga mauritiana
- Pacific White-spotted Sea Cucumber
Actinopyga varians
stone fishActinopyga lecanora
- Blackfish
Actinopyga miliaris
- Black beauty
Holothuria atra
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 1,418 open-data records from 1902 to 2023.
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