Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Synapta maculata
Pepino de mar, Sea cucumber
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Echinodermata
Class
Holothuroidea
Order
Apodida
Family
Synaptidae
Genus
Synapta
Species
maculata
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Fistularia doreyana Quoy & Gaimard, 1834, Holothuria (Fistularia) oceanica Lesson, 1830, Holothuria (Tiedemannia) beselii Jaeger, 1833, Holothuria maculata Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821, Oncinolabes fuscescans Brandt, 1835, Synapta agassizii Selenka, 1867, Synapta astrolabi Held, 1857, Synapta beselii Jaeger, 1833, Synapta mammillosa Eschscholtz, 1829, Synapta oceanica (Lesson, 1830) (Horton et al., 2021)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Synapta maculata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=9911. Accessed 3 April 2026.