---
title: "Pepino de mar manchado blanco"
description: "Holothuria hilla — Otros animales. Holothuria hilla is a species of sea cucumber in the subgenus Mertensiothuria of the genus Holothuria."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/light-spotted-sea-cucumber
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pepino de mar manchado blanco

> Holothuria hilla — Otros animales. Holothuria hilla is a species of sea cucumber in the subgenus Mertensiothuria of the genus Holothuria.

- Scientific name: *Holothuria hilla*
- Category: `other` (Otros animales)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar y costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 777
- Wikidata: [Q2784929](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2784929)
- iNaturalist taxon: [195765](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/195765)

## Names

- en: Light-spotted Sea Cucumber
- es: Pepino de mar manchado blanco
- fr: Holothurie contractile
- it: Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) hilla
- nl: Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) hilla

## Countries with the most observations

US (155), AU (88), TW (54), NC (41), PF (39), ID (22), MX (22), NF (20), CK (15), IN (14), MP (13), MH (12)

## Summary

Holothuria hilla is a species of sea cucumber in the subgenus Mertensiothuria of the genus Holothuria. Some common names include the contractile sea cucumber, the sand sifting sea cucumber and the tigertail sea cucumber, and in Hawaii it is known as the light spotted sea cucumber. It is found in the Indo-Pacific region and the Red Sea.

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

## Photo

![Pepino de mar manchado blanco](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/light-spotted-sea-cucumber/medium.jpg)

Photo: Scott Loarie · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19305880

## Machine access

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