Cucumaria
A genus of sea cucumbers with many described species.
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Cucumaria is a genus of sea cucumbers. It contains many species, each identified by different researchers over the years. Among them are Cucumaria frondosa, known as the orange-footed sea cucumber; Cucumaria miniata, the orange sea cucumber; and Cucumaria vegae, also called the tiny black sea cucumber or northern tar spot. Other species in the genus include Cucumaria adela, Cucumaria anivaensis, Cucumaria arcuata, Cucumaria beringiana, Cucumaria compressa, Cucumaria conicospermium, Cucumaria crax, Cucumaria diligens, Cucumaria djakonovi, Cucumaria dudexa, Cucumaria duriuscula, Cucumaria fallax, Cucumaria flamma, Cucumaria fusiformis, Cucumaria georgiana, Cucumaria ijimai, Cucumaria insperata, Cucumaria irregularis, Cucumaria joubini, Cucumaria koreaensis, Cucumaria lamberti, Cucumaria lateralis, Cucumaria levini, Cucumaria munita, Cucumaria obscura, Cucumaria okhotensis, Cucumaria pallida, Cucumaria paraglacialis, Cucumaria parassimilis, Cucumaria perfida, Cucumaria periprocta, Cucumaria piperata, Cucumaria planciana, Cucumaria pseudocurata, Cucumaria pusilla, Cucumaria sachalinica, Cucumaria salma, Cucumaria savelijevae, Cucumaria solangeae, Cucumaria tenuis, Cucumaria vaneyi, Cucumaria vicaria, and Cucumaria vilis.
Scientific classification
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassHolothuroidea
- OrderDendrochirotida
- FamilyCucumariidae
- GenusCucumaria
Named by Blainville, 1830
Sources: Wikipedia taxobox: Cucumaria (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Quick Facts
- Type
- sea cucumbers
- Earliest described species
- Cucumaria frondosa (Gunnerus, 1767)
- Most recently described species
- Cucumaria beringiana Stepanov & Panina, 2021
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Sources
Compiled from Wikipedia and the sources listed below. Text from Wikipedia is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is adapted from it.
- Wikipedia: Cucumaria (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Word definitions: the Codexery glossary, each quoted from its Wikipedia article.
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