---
title: "Chocolate Chip Sea Cucumber"
description: "Isostichopus badionotus — Other animals. Isostichopus badionotus, also known as the chocolate chip cucumber or the cookie dough sea cucumber, is a species of sea cucumber in the family Stichopodidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/chocolate-chip-sea-cucumber
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Chocolate Chip Sea Cucumber

> Isostichopus badionotus — Other animals. Isostichopus badionotus, also known as the chocolate chip cucumber or the cookie dough sea cucumber, is a species of sea cucumber in the family Stichopodidae.

- Scientific name: *Isostichopus badionotus*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 1234
- Wikidata: [Q909820](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q909820)
- iNaturalist taxon: [128128](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/128128)

## Names

- en: Chocolate Chip Sea Cucumber
- de: Variable Seegurke
- es: Pepino de mar chispa de chocolate
- fr: Holothurie à points

## Countries with the most observations

US (205), MX (129), PA (94), BM (79), VI (54), MQ (39), BR (37), PR (37), GP (27), HN (17), DM (16), CU (14)

## Summary

Isostichopus badionotus, also known as the chocolate chip cucumber or the cookie dough sea cucumber, is a species of sea cucumber in the family Stichopodidae. This common species is found in warm parts of the Atlantic Ocean.

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

## Photo

![Chocolate Chip Sea Cucumber](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/chocolate-chip-sea-cucumber/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jesse Rorabaugh · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/213427206

## Machine access

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