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title: "Giant California sea cucumber"
description: "Apostichopus californicus — Outros animais. The California sea cucumber (Apostichopus californicus), also known as the giant California sea cucumber, is a sea cucumber that can be found from the Gulf of Alaska to Baja California."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/giant-california-sea-cucumber
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Giant California sea cucumber

> Apostichopus californicus — Outros animais. The California sea cucumber (Apostichopus californicus), also known as the giant California sea cucumber, is a sea cucumber that can be found from the Gulf of Alaska to Baja California.

- Scientific name: *Apostichopus californicus*
- Category: `other` (Outros animais)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 5089
- Wikidata: [Q27157894](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27157894)
- iNaturalist taxon: [202640](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/202640)

## Names

- en: Giant California sea cucumber

## Countries with the most observations

CA (2686), US (1960)

## Summary

The California sea cucumber (Apostichopus californicus), also known as the giant California sea cucumber, is a sea cucumber that can be found from the Gulf of Alaska to Baja California. It is found from the low intertidal zone to a depth of 250 m (820 ft). They are most abundant in areas with moderate current with cobbles, boulders or bedrock. They are artisanally fished.

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

## Photo

![Giant California sea cucumber](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/giant-california-sea-cucumber/medium.jpg)

Photo: Quillipede · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/333158047

## Machine access

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