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Lion's Paw Sea Cucumber
Euapta godeffroyi
- Usual depth1–15 m
- Water temperature22–29 °C
- Best monthsMarch, August, and October
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) http://www.colours.dk/, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
About this species
Euapta godeffroyi, the sticky snake sea cucumber, is a species of sea cucumber in the family Synaptidae. It is found on coral reefs in the tropical Indo-Pacific region.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Euapta godeffroyi”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 27 records
- February: 33 records
- March: 47 records
- April: 37 records
- May: 27 records
- June: 30 records
- July: 37 records
- August: 47 records
- September: 33 records
- October: 44 records
- November: 39 records
- December: 33 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–15 m · Deepest record: 65 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 22–29 °C
Photos
(c) François Michonneau, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Susan Aide, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Tom Heijnen, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) tunicatedreamz, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist 
(c) Dr. Thomas Dörner, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Lion's Paw Sea Cucumber
Names in 4 more languages
- Spanish
- Pepino de mar acordeón, Pepino de mar pata de león, Pepino tripa
- French
- Holothurie-serpent collante
- Japanese
- トゲオオイカリナマコ
- Simplified Chinese
- 真錨參
Other scientific names: Euapta godefroyii, Synapta godeffroyi
Similar species
Snake Sea CucumberSynapta maculata
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.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 222 open-data records from 1868 to 2023.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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