Isostichopus badionotus, Chocolate chip sea cucumber
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Isostichopus badionotus   (Selenka, 1867)

Chocolate chip sea cucumber

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Isostichopus badionotus  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Holothuroidea | Synallactida | Stichopodidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 0 - 65 m (Ref. 111335).  Tropical; 36°N - 25°S, 98°W - 10°E (Ref. 92930)

Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Atlantic: from South Carolina, USA to the Carribean, south to Brazil, east to Ascension Island and Gulf of Guinea, West Africa. Tropical to subtropical.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 20.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 86832)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabits Thalassia sp. beds and sandy areas (Ref. 415, 86832), particularly muddy sand (Ref. 86832).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the class Holothuroidea are gonochoric and have only one gonad. Spawning and fertilization are both external and some exhibit brooding. Life cycle: Embryos develop into planktotrophic larvae (auricularia) then into doliolaria (barrel-shaped stage) which later metamorphose into juvenile sea cucumbers.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Collin, R., M.C. Díaz, J. Norenburg, R.M. Rocha, J.A. Sánchez, M. Schulze, A. Schwartz and A. Valdés 2005 Photographic identification guide to some common marine invertebrates of Bocas Del Toro, Panama. Caribbean Journal of Science. 41(3):638-707. (Ref. 415)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 18 May 2010

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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Estimates based on models

Resilience
(Ref. 69278):		 High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.5)
Fishing Vulnerability
(Ref. 71543)		 Low vulnerability (22 of 100).
Price category
(Ref. 80766):		 Unknown.