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Stiff Sea Cucumber
Chiridota rigida
- Usual depth0–3 m
- Water temperature21–29 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, April, and December
- How commonRare
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 3 records
- February: 3 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 5 records
- May: 2 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 4 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0–3 m · Deepest record: 2.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 21–29 °C
Photos
(c) Alberto Alcalá, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Thomas Irvine, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Stiff Sea Cucumber
Names in 2 more languages
- French
- Chiridote rigide
- Simplified Chinese
- 硬指參
Other scientific names: Chiridota eximia, Chiridota liberata, Chirodota amboinensis
Similar species
- Hawaiian Sea Cucumber
Chiridota hawaiiensis
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).
- 77 open-data records from 1880 to 2022.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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