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Shellgrit sea cucumber
Lipotrapeza vestiens
- Usual depth1–5 m
- Water temperature14–20 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, February, and March
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Mitch Van Dyke, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Lipotrapeza vestiens is a species of sea cucumber in the genus Lipotrapeza. The species is found in South Australia, often concealing itself with sand at a depth of at least 12 feet.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Lipotrapeza vestiens”, 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: 23 records
- February: 23 records
- March: 37 records
- April: 14 records
- May: 7 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 4 records
- August: 5 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 7 records
- November: 14 records
- December: 14 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–5 m · Deepest record: 8.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 14–20 °C
Photos
(c) unmotivated_frog, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Shellgrit sea cucumber
Other scientific names: Phyllophorus vestiens
Similar species
Gravel sea cucumberNeopentadactyla mixta
Buried Sea CucumberMassinium magnum
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).
- 176 open-data records from 1891 to 2014.
- Species data updated November 4, 2026.
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