Selected species

• Orange-footed sea cucumber
  Orange-footed sea cucumber
  The Orange-footed sea cucumber is the largest sea cucumber in New England. It is one of the most abundant and widespread species of holothurians within the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea , being most abundant along the eastern coast of North America...
  
  , Cucumaria frondosa
• Orange sea cucumber, Cucumaria miniata
• Cucumaria echinata
  Cucumaria echinata
  Cucumaria echinata is a sea cucumber species in the genus Cucumaria.Cucumaria echinata is found in the Bay of Bengal. 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...