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Family: Holothuriidae sea cucumbers (See list of species below)

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28 species in Pacific, Southeast with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

Holothuria arenicola [Sand sea cucumber]	Holothuria atra [Lollyfish]	No picture found Holothuria chilensis []
Holothuria cinerascens [Tufted sea cucumber]	No picture found Holothuria difficilis []	Holothuria fuscocinerea [Ashen sea cucumber]
No picture found Holothuria hawaiiensis []	Holothuria hilla [Tiger tail]	No picture found Holothuria imitans []
Holothuria impatiens [Impatient sea cucumber]	No picture found Holothuria inhabilis []	Holothuria kefersteinii []
No picture found Holothuria languens []	Holothuria leucospilota [White threads fish]	No picture found Holothuria lubrica []
Holothuria nobilis [Black teatfish]	Holothuria pardalis []	No picture found Holothuria platei []
No picture found Holothuria pluricuriosa []	No picture found Holothuria portovallartensis []	No picture found Holothuria rigida [Rigid sea cucumber]
No picture found Holothuria squamifera []	No picture found Holothuria theeli []	No picture found Labidodemas americanum []
No picture found Labidodemas maccullochi []	No picture found Ludwigothuria atra []	No picture found Mertensiothuria platei []
No picture found Microthele difficilis []

28 Species of Family Holothuriidae
(sea cucumbers)

Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Holothuria arenicola	Sand sea cucumber	Indo-Pacific and Western	41.6 TL
Holothuria atra	Lollyfish	Indo-Pacific.	60 TL
Holothuria chilensis		Pacific Ocean
Holothuria cinerascens	Tufted sea cucumber	Indo-Pacific. Tropical a	16 TL
Holothuria difficilis		Indo-Pacific. Tropical a	5 TL
Holothuria fuscocinerea	Ashen sea cucumber	Indo-Pacific.	25 TL
Holothuria hawaiiensis		Indo-Pacific. Tropical a	12 TL
Holothuria hilla	Tiger tail	Indo-Pacific.	25 TL
Holothuria imitans		Indo-Pacific, Eastern Pac	3.4 TL
Holothuria impatiens	Impatient sea cucumber	Cosmopolitan.	30 TL
Holothuria inhabilis		Indo-Pacific	15 TL
Holothuria kefersteinii		Eastern Pacific.	20 TL
Holothuria languens		Eastern Pacific and Weste
Holothuria leucospilota	White threads fish	Indo-Pacific.	60 TL
Holothuria lubrica		Eastern Pacific and Weste	17 TL
Holothuria nobilis	Black teatfish	Indo-Pacific. Tropical a	60 TL
Holothuria pardalis		Indo-Pacific.	25 BL
Holothuria platei		Southeast Pacific
Holothuria pluricuriosa		Eastern Pacific.
Holothuria portovallartensis		Eastern Pacific and Weste
Holothuria rigida	Rigid sea cucumber	Indo-Pacific	18 TL
Holothuria squamifera		Southeast Pacific
Holothuria theeli		Pacific Ocean.
Labidodemas americanum		Eastern Pacific and Weste
Labidodemas maccullochi		Eastern Pacific.
Ludwigothuria atra		To be filled.
Mertensiothuria platei		Southeast Pacific
Microthele difficilis		To be filled.	7 TL

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