Ocnus planci Brown sea cucumber

Ocnus planci is commonly referred to as Brown sea cucumber. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Scientific:: Ocnus planci
German:: Kletter Seegurke
English:: Brown Sea Cucumber

Category:: Concombres de mer

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Dendrochirotida (Order) > Cucumariidae (Family) > Ocnus (Genus) > planci (Species)
Initial determination:: (Brandt, ), 1835

Occurrence:: the North Sea, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), European Coasts, France, Greece, Ireland, Mauritania, North Atlantic Ocean, Northeast Atlantic, Portugal, Scotland, the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea, West Africa
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 5 - 250 Meter
Habitats:: Seawater, Sea water, Soft grounds
Size:: 3.94" - 5.91" (10cm - 15cm)
Temperature:: 7,1 °F - 15,2 °F (7,1°C - 15,2°C)
Food:: Detritus, Plankton, Suspension feeder
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Ocnus amiculus
Ocnus braziliensis
Ocnus brunneus
Ocnus capensis
Ocnus cataphractus
Ocnus corbulus
Ocnus cruciformis
Ocnus cylindricus
Ocnus diomedeae
Ocnus glacialis
Ocnus lacteus
Ocnus paracorbulus
Ocnus petiti
Ocnus placominutus
Ocnus planci
Kletter Seegurke
Ocnus pygmaeus
Ocnus rowei
Ocnus tantulus
Ocnus vicarius

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-11-03 13:33:02
Last edit:: 2026-01-19 09:16:12

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Ocnus planci (Brandt, 1835)

Ocnus planci is a cylindrically-shaped brown sea cucumber with a thick smooth leathery skin and 10 small tentacles.Its grow up to 15 cm in length, and 3,5 cm in thickness.This sea cucumber is found from depths of 15–175 m.

Ocnus planci is a suspension feeder. The eight large and two small feeding tentacles are branched.With the feeding tentacles plankton is filtered.

Synonymised names
Cladodactyla planci Brandt, 1835 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cucumaria planci von Marenzeller, 1893 · unaccepted (erroneous author attribution and...)

External links

sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 19.01.2026.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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