Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Thelenota ananas (Thelenota ananas), recorded as Endangered
Thelenota ananas (Thelenota ananas). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Thelenota ananas

Thelenota ananas

Thelenota ananas is an animal in the family Stichopodidae (order Synallactida), recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Thelenota ananas
Taxonomy
Holothuroidea · Synallactida · Stichopodidae · Thelenota

Appearance

Thelenota ananas (pineapple sea cucumber) is a sea cucumber characterized by its large size, warm colors, and pointed, star-shaped, spotted teats covering the entire body, grouped in rows of 2 or 3, as seen in Figure 1. Their body is reddish-orange in color, with the teats slightly darker.

Range and habitat

Thelenota ananas, also known as pineapple sea cucumber, oloturia ananas, tripang, prickly skin cucumber, pointed teat sea cucumber, armoured sea cucumber, giant sea cucumber, sand fish or prickly redfish, is a sea cucumber found in tropical Indo-Pacific waters from the Red Sea and East Africa to Hawaii, Polynesia, the Maldives and Australia.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Diet

T. Ananas is diurnally active, meaning they're active during the day. T. Ananas plays an important role in coral reef ecosystems by recycling nutrients, bioturbating sediments, buffering sea water from ocean acidification to local scales, prey to a range of predators, and acting as a host for symbiotic biota.

In crisis

Thelenota ananas is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Thelenota ananas, Wikidata item Q485586. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Thelenota ananas?
Thelenota ananas is an animal in the family Stichopodidae (order Synallactida).
What is the conservation status of Thelenota ananas?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Thelenota ananas. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Thelenota ananas live?
Thelenota ananas, also known as pineapple sea cucumber, oloturia ananas, tripang, prickly skin cucumber, pointed teat sea cucumber, armoured sea cucumber, giant sea cucumber, sand fish or prickly redfish, is a sea cucumber found in tropical Indo-Pacific waters from the Red Sea and East Africa to Hawaii, Polynesia, the Maldives and Australia.
Why is Thelenota ananas in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Thelenota ananas?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Thelenota ananas a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.