---
title: "Graeffe's Sea Cucumber"
description: "Pearsonothuria graeffei — Other animals. Pearsonothuria is a genus of sea cucumbers in the family Holothuriidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/graeffe-s-sea-cucumber
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Graeffe's Sea Cucumber

> Pearsonothuria graeffei — Other animals. Pearsonothuria is a genus of sea cucumbers in the family Holothuriidae.

- Scientific name: *Pearsonothuria graeffei*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 2397
- Wikidata: [Q910552](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q910552)
- iNaturalist taxon: [347256](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/347256)

## Names

- en: Graeffe's Sea Cucumber
- de: Gestrichelte Seegurke
- fr: Holothurie rayée

## Countries with the most observations

ID (347), PH (317), MV (237), FJ (200), TH (181), EG (99), MY (71), TZ (65), SC (47), PG (42), KE (40), NC (30)

## Summary

Pearsonothuria is a genus of sea cucumbers in the family Holothuriidae. Pearsonothuria graeffei is the only species in the genus. Graeffe's sea cucumber is found in the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean and the type locality is Viti Island, Fiji. It is named after Eduard Heinrich Graeffe, Semper's coworker at the Museum Godeffroy.

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

## Photo

![Graeffe's Sea Cucumber](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/graeffe-s-sea-cucumber/medium.jpg)

Photo: James Eaton · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/191908544

## Machine access

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