Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Holothuria (Lessonothuria) pardalis
meón, pepino de mar, Sea cucumber
Low intertidal to over 30 m.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Echinodermata
Class
Holothuroidea
Order
Holothuriida
Family
Holothuriidae
Genus
Holothuria (Lessonothuria)
Species
pardalis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Holothuria pardalis Selenka, 1867· accepted, alternate representation, Holothuria peregrina Ludwig, 1875, Holothuria tenuicornis Helfer, 1913 Lessonothuria pardalis (Selenka, 1867), fide Horton et al. (2021) This species may be conspecific with H. insignis (Maluf, 1991)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Gulf of California, Tenacatita Bay, Mexico Panama, Colombia, Cocos and Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. (1998) A Field Guide to Sea Stars and other Echinoderms of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 83 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.
- Maluf, L.Y. (1991) Echinoderm Fauna of the Galápagos Islands. In: James, M.J. (ed.): Galápagos Marine Invertebrates. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press, New York and London, p. 345-367.
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Holothuria (Lessonothuria) pardalis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8000. Accessed 3 November 2026.