Holothuria leucospilota
Black Sea Cucumber
As recorded: Holothuria leucospilota (Brandt, 1835)
Animalia › Echinodermata › Holothuroidea › Holothuriida › Holothuriidae
- Collected by
- D.M. Devaney
- Locality
- W side of Island N of Temuriavae; inside narrow reef before rampart; off Pam and Bob Worthington's A-frame house
- Island
- Rarotonga
- Region
- Cook Islands
- Coordinates
- -21.2300, -159.8250
- Depth
- 23 m
- Identified by
- F. Rowe, 1983
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Holothuria leucospilota observed near this locality
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 43 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-08-04.
2026-08-04
Cook Islands
(c) rinbow, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-01
Cook Islands, CK
(c) Grace Tallmadge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-12-07
South Pacific Ocean, Cook Islands, CK
(c) apwerte_apurrke, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-12-07
South Pacific Ocean, Cook Islands, CK
(c) apwerte_apurrke, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-12-03
South Pacific Ocean, Cook Islands, CK
(c) apwerte_apurrke, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-10-15
Cook Islands, CK
(c) Rhonda Harrison, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Holothuria leucospilota. BPBM 3205. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37201370. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/w/3205.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 37201370 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026