DiscoverSpeciesOther invertebrates
Japanese Red Ginseng
Apostichopus nigripunctatus
- Usual depth128–210 m
- Water temperature15–23 °C
- Best monthsAugust and October
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 3 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 128–210 m · Deepest record: 210 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 15–23 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Japanese Red Ginseng
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- Okiko, Okinamako, オキナマコ
Other scientific names: Apostichopus nipponensis, Parastichopus nigripunctatus, Parastichopus nipponensis, Stichopus depressus, Stichopus nigripunctatus, Stichopus owstoni
Similar species
- California sea cucumber
Apostichopus californicus
- Japanese sea cucumber
Apostichopus japonicus
- Australasian Brown Sea Cucumber
Australostichopus mollis
- Greenfish
Stichopus chloronotus
- Dragonfish
Stichopus horrens
- Pineapplefish
Thelenota ananas
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).
- 9 open-data records from 1906 to 1906.
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