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Deposit-feeding Sea Cucumbers

Holothuria mexicana (Donkey Dung Cucumber)

Holothuria mexicana
(Ludwig, 1875)

Donkey Dung Cucumber

Not Reef Tank Suitable

Not Suitable for Fish-Only Tank

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Members in the Order Aspidochirotida, Families Holothuriidae and Stichopodidae are among the most collected because they are good sand shifters.

Toxic when stressed or dies, therefore remove specimens that appear not to be doing well! (See the Introduction to this Section on Sea Cucumbers!)

Family Holothuriidae

Actinopyga agassizii
(Five-Toothed Sea Cucumber, West Indian Sea Cucumber)
RFO

Actinopyga bannwarthi
(Sea Cucumber)
RFO

Actinopyga crassa
(Rough Sea Cucumber)
RFO

Actinopyga echinites
(Sea Cucumber)
RFO

Actinopyga lecanora
(White-tipped Sea Cucumber, Stonefish)
RFO

Actinopyga mauritiana
(Mauritius Sea Cucumber, Surf Redfish)
RFO

Actinopyga obesa
(Plump Sea Cucumber)
RFO

Bohadschia argus
(Ocellated Sea Cucumber)
RFO

Bohadschia marmorata
(Chalky Sea Cucumber, Brown Sandfish)
RFO

Bohadschia tenuissima
(Plain Sea Cucumber)
RFO

Bohadschia vitiensis
(Reticulated Sea Cucumber, Brown Sandfish)
RFO

Holothuria atra
(Black Cucumber, Lollyfish)
RFO

Holothuria difficilis
(Sea Cucumber)
RFO

Holothuria edulis
(Edible Cucumber, Pinkfish)
RFO

Holothuria floridana
(Florida Sea Cucumber)
RFO

Holothuria forskali
(Forskal’s Sea Cucumber, Black Sea Cucumber)
RFO

Holothuria fuscopunctata
(Brown-spotted Sea Cucumber, Elephant Trunkfish)
RFO

Holothuria hilla
(Red Tiger-tail Sea Cucumber)
RFO

Holothuria impatiens
(Mottled Sea Cucumber, Bottleneck Sea Cucumber)
RFO

Holothuria mexicana
(Donkey Dung Cucumber)
RFO

Holothuria nobilis
(Whitefoot Sea Cucumber, Black Teatfish)
RFO

Holothuria pardalis
(Leopard Sea Cucumber)
RFO

Holothuria pervicax
(Stubborn Sea Cucumber)
RFO

Holothuria polii
(Brown Sea Cucumber)
RFO

Holothuria scabra
(Golden Sandfish)
RFO

Holothuria thomasi
(Caribbean Tiger Tail Cucumber)
RFO

Holothuria tubulosa
(Tubuler Sea Cucumber)
RFO

Holothuria whitmaei
(Teated Sea Cucumber)
RFO

Pearsonothuria graffei
(Graffiti Sea Cucumber)
RFO

Family Stichopodidae

Australostichopus mollis
(Brown Sea Cucumber)
RFO

Isostichopus badionotus
(Three-rowed Sea Cucumber, Chocolate Chip Cucumber)
RFO

Parastichopus californicus
(California’s Red Sea Cucumber)
RFO

Parastichopus regalis
(Bilding Sea Cucumber)
RFO

Stichopus chloronotus
(Black Cucumber, Greenfish Sea Cucumber)
RFO

Stichopus hermanni
(Hermann’s Sea Cucumber, Curryfish)
RFO

Stichopus horrens
(Horrendous Sea Cucumber, Dragonfish)
RFO

Stichopus monotuberculatus
(Single-tuberculated Sea Cucumber)
RFO

Stichopus naso
(Sea Cucumber)
RFO

Stichopus parvimensis
(Warty Sea Cucumber)
RFO

Stichopus vastus
(Star Sea Cucumber, Brown Curryfish)
RFO

Thelenota ananas
(Red Worm Cucumber, Pineapple Sea Cucumber, Prickly Redfish)
RFO

Thelenota anax
(Giant Sea Cucumber, Amberfish)
RFO

Thelenota rubralineata
(Redline Sea Cucumber)
RFO


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