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Updated 6/22/2022

Family Holothuriidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Holothuria pervicax



Hulopo'e tidepool, Lana'i


Makapu'u tidepool, Oahu


Sand Island, Oahu, 10 feet


Kaunolu tidepool, Lana'i

Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 4 feet
   

STUBBORN SEA CUCUMBER

Common under rocks.  Coarsely textured but soft, base color variable, blunt papillae with black tips.  Readily ejects Cuvierian tubules when disturbed.  Attains 12 inches.  Hawai'i & the Indo-Pacific.