Curryfish
Stichopus vastus
Category: Sea Cucumbers
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Class
- Holothuroidea
- Order
- Synallactida
- Family
- Stichopodidae
- Genus
- Stichopus
Where to Find
Found in 14 diving areas across 8 countries and 3 regions.
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 11 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 15 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 8 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 82 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 180 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 1 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 5 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 1 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 1 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 1 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 9 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 4 records
- Tioman Island, Malaysia - 5 records