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title: "Dwarf Sea Cucumber"
description: "Lissothuria nutriens — Andere dieren. Lissothuria nutriens, commonly known as the dwarf sea cucumber or scarlet sea cucumber, is a bright red-orange sea cucumber that can be found in tide pools along much of the California coast."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/dwarf-sea-cucumber
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Dwarf Sea Cucumber

> Lissothuria nutriens — Andere dieren. Lissothuria nutriens, commonly known as the dwarf sea cucumber or scarlet sea cucumber, is a bright red-orange sea cucumber that can be found in tide pools along much of the California coast.

- Scientific name: *Lissothuria nutriens*
- Category: `other` (Andere dieren)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 1149
- Wikidata: [Q2491234](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2491234)
- iNaturalist taxon: [49484](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49484)

## Names

- en: Dwarf Sea Cucumber
- es: Pepino naranja de mar

## Countries with the most observations

US (1003)

## Summary

Lissothuria nutriens, commonly known as the dwarf sea cucumber or scarlet sea cucumber, is a bright red-orange sea cucumber that can be found in tide pools along much of the California coast.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Kyle Nessen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/297676658

## Machine access

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