Where does the Pineapple Sea Cucumber live?

Thelenota ananas has 2,129 records in 54 countries and territories, from 1877 to 2026. Most records come from Australia.

2,129 records
54 places
59 years recorded
Holothuroidea class

AnimaliaEchinodermataHolothuroideaSynallactidaStichopodidaeThelenota

When it is recorded

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Peak month: October. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18772026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where it is recorded

Place	Records	Share
Australia	631
New Caledonia	172
French Polynesia	151
Palau	150
Cook Islands	89
Wallis & Futuna	76
Marshall Islands	66
Papua New Guinea	55
Fiji	42
Seychelles	41
Egypt	40
Tuvalu	38
Philippines	36
Kiribati	35
Micronesia	33
Vanuatu	33
Mayotte	33
Indonesia	30
Thailand	27
Guam	26
Saudi Arabia	26
Niue	24
Malaysia	22
Nauru	22
Maldives	19
Japan	18
Solomon Islands	18
French Southern Territories	17
Samoa	17
Taiwan	16
Comoros	12
Réunion	11
Tonga	11
Kenya	9
Tanzania	9
Northern Mariana Islands	8
Cocos Islands	7
Mozambique	7
Myanmar	6
Mauritius	6

Showing the top 40 of 54 places.

Related animals

Others in the family Stichopodidae.

Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.