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Updated 1/27/2013

Family Holothuriidae

HAWAII

Actinopyga mauritiana

Juvenile, Makapu'u tidepool, Oahu

 

Kapoho tidepools, Hawaii, 4 feet

Kahe Point, Oahu, 20 feet

 

Toothed Anus, Sharks Cove tidepool, Pupukea, Oahu

Kapoho tidepools, Hawaii, 4 feet

 

Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 3 feet

Blowhole, Oahu, 20 feet

WHITE-SPOTTED SEA CUCUMBER 

Common in areas exposed to wave action.  Strongly attached to the reef.  Hard skin with white spots.  Attains 8 inches.  Hawaii and the Indo-Pacific.