---
title: "Ashy Sea Cucumber"
description: "Holothuria cinerascens — Andere dieren. Holothuria (Semperothuria) cinerascens is a species of sea cucumber in the family Holothuriidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/ashy-sea-cucumber
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Ashy Sea Cucumber

> Holothuria cinerascens — Andere dieren. Holothuria (Semperothuria) cinerascens is a species of sea cucumber in the family Holothuriidae.

- Scientific name: *Holothuria cinerascens*
- Category: `other` (Andere dieren)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 701
- Wikidata: [Q2399265](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2399265)
- iNaturalist taxon: [52473](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/52473)

## Names

- en: Ashy Sea Cucumber
- es: Holothuria (Semperothuria) cinerascens
- fr: Holothurie cendrée
- it: Holothuria (Semperothuria) cinerascens

## Countries with the most observations

US (273), TW (58), IN (33), ZA (20), RE (14), PF (8), ID (7), MP (5), MZ (4)

## Summary

Holothuria (Semperothuria) cinerascens is a species of sea cucumber in the family Holothuriidae. The sea cucumber is widely distributed in the Pacific and Indian ocean, being found from the Red Sea to Madagascar and from Japan to Australia. It was first described by Brandt in 1835.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Ben Keen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/140355242

## Machine access

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