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Updated 4/10/2018

Family Holothuriidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Holothuria atra

Atlantis Reef, Waikiki, Oahu, 85 feet

 

A. obesa & H. atra, Kapoho tidepools, Hawaii

Kahuwai Bay, Hawaii, 20 feet

 

Fish Hole, Midway Atoll, 30 feet

 

Blowhole, Oahu, 20 feet

Kapoho tidepool, Hawaii

Lanai Lookout, Oahu, 30 feet

BLACK SEA CUCUMBER

Common on sandy reefs.  Cylindrical cross-section with thick but flexible skin coated with sand.  Attains 20 inches.  Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific.