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title: "Pacific White-spotted Sea Cucumber"
description: "Actinopyga varians — Otros animales. Actinopyga varians, the Pacific white-spotted sea cucumber or Hawaiian sea cucumber, is a species of sea cucumber in the family Holothuriidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/pacific-white-spotted-sea-cucumber
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pacific White-spotted Sea Cucumber

> Actinopyga varians — Otros animales. Actinopyga varians, the Pacific white-spotted sea cucumber or Hawaiian sea cucumber, is a species of sea cucumber in the family Holothuriidae.

- Scientific name: *Actinopyga varians*
- Category: `other` (Otros animales)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar y costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 2861
- Wikidata: [Q1977570](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1977570)
- iNaturalist taxon: [347297](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/347297)

## Names

- en: Pacific White-spotted Sea Cucumber

## Countries with the most observations

US (2403), AU (53), GU (34), NC (32), JP (26), MP (24), PF (23), WF (20), CK (19), VU (16), MH (8), FJ (7)

## Summary

Actinopyga varians, the Pacific white-spotted sea cucumber or Hawaiian sea cucumber, is a species of sea cucumber in the family Holothuriidae. It is found in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii and also in the Indo-Pacific Ocean.

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

## Photo

![Pacific White-spotted Sea Cucumber](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pacific-white-spotted-sea-cucumber/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jeffrey A Ewick · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/151861103

## Machine access

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