Pink & Black/Edible Sea Cucumber
Keoki Stender
- Pink & Black/Edible (Holothuria edulis; Lesson, 1830)
- Range: Indo-Pacific, Red Sea to Hawai'i.
- Size: To 12 inches.
- Characteristics: Have been reported to kill fish if injured or stressed.
Plump Sea Cucumber
Keoki Stender
- Plump (Actinopyga obesa; Selenka, 1867)
- Range: Western and Central Pacific.
- Size: To about 12 inches.
- Characteristics: Does not expel sticky threads.
Sand Sea Cucumber
Keoki Stender
- Sand (Holothuria arenicola; Semper, 1868)
- Range: Indo-Pacific and tropical Western Atlantic.
- Size: To about 10 inches.
- Characteristics: Does not expel sticky threads.
Spotted or Argus Sea Cucumber
Keoki Stender
- Spotted (Bohadschia argus)
- Range: Indo-Pacific.
- Characteristics: Expel sticky, highly toxic threads!
Stubborn Sea Cucumber
Keoki Stender
- Stubborn (Holothuria pervicax; Selenka, 1867)
- Range: Indo-Pacific.
- Size: To about 12 inches.
- Characteristics: Expels thick blue-white sticky threads.
Teated Sea Cucumber
Keoki Stender
- Teated (Holothuria whitmaei; Bell, 1887)
- Range:Indo-Pacific.
- Size:To at least 12 inches.
- Characteristics:Found from shallow depths to 70 feet and more on rocky substrate mixed with sand. Was known as H. nobilis, but changed in 1997.
Tiger Tail/Thomas' Sea Cucumber
- Tiger Tail/Thomas' (Holothuria thomasi)
- Range: Tropical West Atlantic.
- Size: To 6 1/2 feet, when stretched out.
Tiger-Tail/Light-Spotted Sea Cucumber
Keoki Stender
- Tiger-Tail/Light-Spotted (Holothuria hilla; Lesson, 1830)
- Range: Hawaii, Indo-Pacific.
- Size: To about 12 inches.
- Characteristics: Dwells under rocks during daylight hours, and at night may partly extend its front end from under its rock to sweep for food.
White-Spotted/Speckled Sea Cucumber
Keoki Stender
- White-Spotted/Speckled (Actinopyga mauritiana; Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
- Range: Indo-Pacific.
- Size: To 8 inches.
- Characteristics: Does not expel internal organs or sticky threads.
White Sea Cucumber
Keoki Stender
- White (Labidodemus semperianum; Selenka, 1867)
- Range: Indo-Pacific.
- Size: To about 5 inches.
