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title: "Holothuria (Halodeima) mexicana"
description: "Holothuria mexicana — Altri animali. Holothuria mexicana, the donkey dung sea cucumber, is commonly found in the Caribbean and the Azores."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/donkey-dung-sea-cucumber
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Holothuria (Halodeima) mexicana

> Holothuria mexicana — Altri animali. Holothuria mexicana, the donkey dung sea cucumber, is commonly found in the Caribbean and the Azores.

- Scientific name: *Holothuria mexicana*
- Category: `other` (Altri animali)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 924
- Wikidata: [Q2141755](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2141755)
- iNaturalist taxon: [82512](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/82512)

## Names

- en: Donkey Dung Sea Cucumber
- es: Pepino de mar michelín
- fr: Holothurie mexicaine
- it: Holothuria (Halodeima) mexicana

## Countries with the most observations

MX (223), BZ (73), PA (65), BS (43), MQ (43), HN (40), US (36), VI (29), PR (19), CU (18), KY (16), DO (13)

## Summary

Holothuria mexicana, the donkey dung sea cucumber, is commonly found in the Caribbean and the Azores. It is a commercially important aspidochirote (sediment feeding) sea cucumber that can reach a total length of 50 cm (20 in).

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

## Photo

![Holothuria (Halodeima) mexicana](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/donkey-dung-sea-cucumber/medium.jpg)

Photo: Sean P. Myers · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/28175794

## Machine access

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