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title: "Stiff-footed sea cucumber"
description: "Eupentacta quinquesemita — Weitere Tiere. Eupentacta quinquesemita is a species of sea cucumber, a marine invertebrate with an elongated body, a leathery skin and tentacles surrounding the mouth."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/stiff-footed-sea-cucumber
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Stiff-footed sea cucumber

> Eupentacta quinquesemita — Weitere Tiere. Eupentacta quinquesemita is a species of sea cucumber, a marine invertebrate with an elongated body, a leathery skin and tentacles surrounding the mouth.

- Scientific name: *Eupentacta quinquesemita*
- Category: `other` (Weitere Tiere)
- Habitats: `sea` (Meer & Küste)
- iNaturalist observations: 2226
- Wikidata: [Q2432938](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2432938)
- iNaturalist taxon: [51695](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51695)

## Names

- en: Stiff-footed sea cucumber
- es: Pepino de mar Cinco Senderos

## Countries with the most observations

US (600), CA (218)

## Summary

Eupentacta quinquesemita is a species of sea cucumber, a marine invertebrate with an elongated body, a leathery skin and tentacles surrounding the mouth. It is commonly known as the stiff-footed sea cucumber or white sea cucumber, and occurs on rocky coasts in the northeastern Pacific Ocean.

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

## Photo

![Stiff-footed sea cucumber](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/stiff-footed-sea-cucumber/medium.jpg)

Photo: Randal · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/76768185

## Machine access

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