Holothuriidae

Holothuria princeps Selenka, 1867

Holothuria princeps is a species of sea cucumber with characteristic thick rigid body walls and known distribution along the Atlantic coast of the Americas.

Holothuria pervicax Selenka, 1867

Holothuria pervicax, the stubborn sea cucumber, is a hard-to-capitive Indo-Pacific sea cucumber with potent defensive toxins.

Holothuria fuscocinerea Jaeger, 1833

Holothuria fuscocinerea is a widespread Indo-Pacific detritivorous sea cucumber that breeds in the hot season.

Holothuria cinerascens (Brandt, 1835)

Holothuria cinerascens, the ashy sea cucumber, is a filter-feeding marine echinoderm harvested for food and pharmaceutical use.

Holothuria whitmaei Bell, 1887

Holothuria whitmaei is a commercially valuable high-value sea cucumber species found on Australian reefs, with studied reproductive and activity patterns.

Holothuria fuscopunctata Jaeger, 1833

Holothuria fuscopunctata is a large Indo-Pacific sea cucumber found in shallow tropical marine habitats.

Holothuria scabra Jaeger, 1833

Holothuria scabra (sandfish) is a widely harvested tropical Indo-Pacific sea cucumber that bioturbates shallow seagrass and muddy sediments.

Holothuria leucospilota (Brandt, 1835)

Holothuria leucospilota is a medium-sized sea cucumber found in shallow Indo-Pacific waters, tolerant of salinity and temperature changes.

Holothuria hilla Lesson, 1830

Holothuria hilla is a detritivorous Indo-Pacific sea cucumber that can reproduce both sexually and asexually.

Holothuria forskali Delle Chiaje, 1823

Holothuria forskali (black sea cucumber) is a northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean sea cucumber with anti-predator defensive adaptations.

Holothuria impatiens (Forsskål, 1775)

Holothuria impatiens is a widespread species of sea cucumber that inhabits shallow tropical marine waters.

Holothuria thomasi Pawson & Caycedo, 1980

Holothuria thomasi, the tiger's tail sea cucumber, is a large elongated species found on Caribbean coral reefs.

Holothuria arguinensis Koehler & Vaney, 1906

Holothuria arguinensis is a commercially harvested sea cucumber native to the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean.

Holothuria poli Delle Chiaje, 1824

Holothuria poli is a species of sea cucumber native to the East Atlantic and Mediterranean, also found in the Red Sea via anti-Lessepsian migration.

Holothuria difficilis Semper, 1868

Holothuria difficilis is an echinoderm sea cucumber found primarily in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, with known defensive traits.

Holothuria tubulosa Gmelin, 1791

Holothuria tubulosa is a brown sea cucumber found in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, fished commercially for food and research.

Holothuria atra Jaeger, 1833

Holothuria atra Jaeger, 1833 is a black Indo-Pacific tropical sea cucumber with ecological, dietary, and biomedical uses.

Holothuria mexicana Ludwig, 1875

Holothuria mexicana is a Caribbean sea cucumber fished for food across parts of Central and South America.

Holothuria grisea Selenka, 1867

Holothuria grisea, the gray sea cucumber, is a tropical Atlantic echinoderm with key ecological roles in coastal marine ecosystems.

Holothuria edulis Lesson, 1830

Holothuria edulis, the edible red sea cucumber, is a widespread Indo-Pacific medium-sized sea cucumber harvested for food.

Bohadschia argus Jaeger, 1833

Bohadschia argus, the leopard sea cucumber, is a tropical detritivorous sea cucumber found on Indo-Pacific coral reefs.

Bohadschia vitiensis (Semper, 1868)

Bohadschia vitiensis, the brown sandfish, is a commercially harvested Indo-Pacific sea cucumber that can hybridize with Bohadschia argus.

Bohadschia marmorata Jaeger, 1833

Bohadschia marmorata is a species of sea cucumber found across the Indo-Pacific region in shallow sandy and seagrass habitats.

Actinopyga mauritiana (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)

Actinopyga mauritiana is a tropical Indo-Pacific sea cucumber harvested commercially for food and local subsistence.