---
title: "Snake Sea Cucumber"
description: "Synapta maculata — Otros animales. Synapta maculata, the snake sea cucumber, is a species of sea cucumber in the family Synaptidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/snake-sea-cucumber
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Snake Sea Cucumber

> Synapta maculata — Otros animales. Synapta maculata, the snake sea cucumber, is a species of sea cucumber in the family Synaptidae.

- Scientific name: *Synapta maculata*
- Category: `other` (Otros animales)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar y costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1796
- Wikidata: [Q943718](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q943718)
- iNaturalist taxon: [63514](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/63514)

## Names

- en: Snake Sea Cucumber
- de: Gefleckte Wurmseegurke
- fr: Synapte maculée

## Countries with the most observations

ID (162), PH (160), FJ (134), PF (102), AU (62), MU (62), TZ (61), TW (51), IN (37), VU (37), CK (35), NC (33)

## Summary

Synapta maculata, the snake sea cucumber, is a species of sea cucumber in the family Synaptidae. It is found in shallow waters in the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean. Sometimes growing as long as 3 m (10 ft), it is one of the longest sea cucumbers in the world.

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

## Photo

![Snake Sea Cucumber](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/snake-sea-cucumber/medium.jpg)

Photo: seanmegh · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/35990568

## Machine access

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