Kingdom Animalia Class Holothuroidea Family Cucumariidae Scientific name Cucumaria echinata | Phylum Echinodermata Order Dendrochirotida Genus Cucumaria Rank Species | |
Similar Cucumaria, Orange‑footed sea cucumber, Cucumaria miniata, Polyandrocarpa, Stichopus horrens | ||
Cucumaria echinata is a sea cucumber species in the genus Cucumaria.
Cucumaria echinata is found in the Indo-Pacific from the Red Sea and Bay of Bengal to China and Japan. It is known to produce a lectin that has the ability to block the development of Plasmodium, the causal agent of malaria, when it is expressed in genetically modified Anopheles mosquitoes.
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