---
title: "Armored sea cucumber"
description: "Psolus chitonoides — Other animals. Psolus chitonoides, also known as the slipper sea cucumber, armoured sea cucumber, creeping armoured sea cucumber, or creeping pedal sea cucumber, is a species of sea cucumber in the family Psolidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/armored-sea-cucumber
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Armored sea cucumber

> Psolus chitonoides — Other animals. Psolus chitonoides, also known as the slipper sea cucumber, armoured sea cucumber, creeping armoured sea cucumber, or creeping pedal sea cucumber, is a species of sea cucumber in the family Psolidae.

- Scientific name: *Psolus chitonoides*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 671
- Wikidata: [Q2367996](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2367996)
- iNaturalist taxon: [473064](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/473064)

## Names

- en: Armored sea cucumber

## Countries with the most observations

US (380), CA (241)

## Summary

Psolus chitonoides, also known as the slipper sea cucumber, armoured sea cucumber, creeping armoured sea cucumber, or creeping pedal sea cucumber, is a species of sea cucumber in the family Psolidae. It is found in shallow water on the western coast of North America. The scientific name "chitonoides" means resembling a chiton.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psolus_chitonoides

## Photo

![Armored sea cucumber](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/armored-sea-cucumber/medium.jpg)

Photo: Steph Brulot-Sawchyn · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/276006886

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/armored-sea-cucumber?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).