Holothuroidea | 
Apodida | 
Synaptidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Reef-associated; depth range 0 - 7 m (Ref. 111335).  Tropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Western Atlantic:  Belize, Bermuda and Brazil.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 10.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 86832)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Maximum depth from Ref. 83942.  This species is a viviparous, self-fertilizing hermaphrodite and potentially a proficient colonist (Ref. 86570). This is an intertidal species found in coral reefs, seagrass (Ref. 83942), and mangrove swamp (Ref. 111335).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
			
			
				
					Viviparous; can breed all year round.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Hendler, G. and D.L. Pawson 2000 Echinoderms of the Rhomboidal Cays, Belize: Biodiversity, distribution, and ecology. Atoll Research Bulletin 479:275-299. (Ref. 86570)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
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						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 24.7 - 28.2, mean 27.4 (based on 674 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low vulnerability (10 of 100).					
				
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.