Location: Big Island, Hawaii
Light-Spotted Sea Cucumber
Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) hilla
Light-Spotted Sea Cucumber
Also known as: Tigertail Sea Cucumber
Category: Sea Cucumbers
Scientific Name: Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) hilla
Size: Up to 12 in. (30 cm)
Depth: 10-60 ft. (3-18 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Hawaii
Echinodermata (Phylum)
└Echinozoa (Subphylum)
└Holothuroidea (Class)
└Actinopoda (Subclass)
└Holothuriida (Order)
└Holothuriidae (Family)
└Holothuria (Genus)
└Mertensiothuria (Subgenus)
└H. hilla (Species)
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