Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Holothuria (Lessonothuria) pardalis Selenka, 1867

meón, pepino de mar, Sea cucumber

Low intertidal to over 30 m.

Taxonomy

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

Status

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Distribution

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)

References

  • 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.