Biology:Cucumaria echinata

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Cucumaria echinata
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C. echinata
Binomial name
Cucumaria echinata
Von Marenzeller
Synonyms

Pseudocnus echinatus

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.[1]


References

Wikidata ☰ Q2490864 entry