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title: "Tubular Sea Cucumber"
description: "Holothuria tubulosa — Altri animali. Holothuria tubulosa, the cotton-spinner or tubular sea cucumber, is a species of sea cucumber in the family Holothuriidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/tubular-sea-cucumber
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tubular Sea Cucumber

> Holothuria tubulosa — Altri animali. Holothuria tubulosa, the cotton-spinner or tubular sea cucumber, is a species of sea cucumber in the family Holothuriidae.

- Scientific name: *Holothuria tubulosa*
- Category: `other` (Altri animali)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 798
- Wikidata: [Q1984543](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1984543)
- iNaturalist taxon: [324819](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/324819)

## Names

- en: Tubular Sea Cucumber
- de: Röhrenseegurke
- es: Holothuria (Holothuria) tubulosa
- fr: Holothurie tubuleuse
- nl: Bruine zeekomkommer

## Countries with the most observations

ES (191), FR (175), GR (61), HR (45), IT (38), AL (3), ME (3)

## Summary

Holothuria tubulosa, the cotton-spinner or tubular sea cucumber, is a species of sea cucumber in the family Holothuriidae.  It is the type species of the genus Holothuria and is placed in the subgenus Holothuria, making its full name Holothuria (Holothuria) tubulosa.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Héctor Ibáñez Cantero · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/249217300

## Machine access

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