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title: "Gewone zeekomkommer"
description: "Holothuria forskali — Andere dieren. Holothuria forskali, the black sea cucumber or cotton-spinner is a species of sea cucumber in the family Holothuriidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/atlantic-black-sea-cucumber
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gewone zeekomkommer

> Holothuria forskali — Andere dieren. Holothuria forskali, the black sea cucumber or cotton-spinner is a species of sea cucumber in the family Holothuriidae.

- Scientific name: *Holothuria forskali*
- Category: `other` (Andere dieren)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 1024
- Wikidata: [Q692552](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q692552)
- iNaturalist taxon: [210353](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/210353)

## Names

- en: Atlantic Black Sea Cucumber
- de: Forskals Seewalze
- fr: Holothurie noire
- nl: Gewone zeekomkommer

## Countries with the most observations

FR (329), ES (305), GB (53), PT (50), HR (25), IE (19), IT (12)

## Summary

Holothuria forskali, the black sea cucumber or cotton-spinner is a species of sea cucumber in the family Holothuriidae. It is found at shallow depths in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. It was placed in the subgenus Panningothuria by Rowe in 1969 and is the type taxon of the subgenus.
Sea cucumbers are marine invertebrates and are closely related to the sea urchins and starfish. All these groups tend to be radially symmetric and have a water vascular system that operates by hydrostatic pressure, enabling them to move around by use of many suckers known as tube feet. Sea cucumbers are usually leathery…

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

## Photo

![Gewone zeekomkommer](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/atlantic-black-sea-cucumber/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andra Waagmeester · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/178196840

## Machine access

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