Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Holothuria arenicola Semper, 1868· accepted, alternate representation, Holothuria brandtii Selenka, 1867, Holothuria humilis Selenka, 1867, Holothuria monsuni Heding, 1939, Sporadipus (Acolpos) maculatus Brandt, 1835, Thymiosycia arenicola Semper, fide Horton et al. (2021)

Origin: Native

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Mexico, Baja California, Gulf of California, Revillagigedos, Costa Rica, Cocos, Panama, Colombia, Peru and Ecuador including Galapagos Islands

• Hickman, C.P. Jr. (1998) A Field Guide to Sea Stars and other Echinoderms of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 83 pp.
• Sonnenholzner, J. Brand, M., Francisco, V., Hearn, A., Luzuriaga, M., Guarderas, P & Navarro, J. (2013) Echinoderms of Ecuador. In: Alvarado, J & Solís-Marín, A. (eds.) (2013) Echinoderm research and Diversity in Latin America. 183-233 pp.
• Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.