Holothuria hilla
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Assessment Information
- IUCN Red List Category and Criteria
- Least Concern ver 3.1
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- English
- Year published
- 2013
- Date assessed
- 2010-05-18 00:00:00 UTC
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This species is widespread in the Indian and tropical Pacific Oceans, and can be common in some parts of its range. It is not widely fished, and there are no other known threats. It is listed as Least Concern.
Geographic Range
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Population
This species can be common.
It is rarely encountered and sparsely distributed in La Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean (Conand and Mangion 2002). Lee et al. (2008) found this species to be locally abundant in the inlet adjacent to One Tree Reef.
It is rarely encountered and sparsely distributed in La Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean (Conand and Mangion 2002). Lee et al. (2008) found this species to be locally abundant in the inlet adjacent to One Tree Reef.
Habitat and Ecology
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This species can be found on inner reef flats, usually in seagrass beds or coral rubble (Conand and Mangion 2002), to depths of 20m.
During the day this species can be found under coral rubble, emerging at night to feed (Lee et al. 2008).
During the day this species can be found under coral rubble, emerging at night to feed (Lee et al. 2008).
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Threats
This species is fished in some parts of its range, but is of low commercial value. In the Philippines, it is only consumed locally and not exported. When dried, it is very small.
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There are no known threats occurring to this species. However, it is fished in parts of its range.
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Use trade
This species is fished in some parts of its range, but is of low commercial value. In the Philippines, it is only consumed locally and not exported. When dried, it is very small.
Text summary
There are no known species specific conservation measures for this species. It may be present in some marine protected areas within its range.