Biology:Cucumaria echinata
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| Species: | C. echinata
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| Cucumaria echinata Von Marenzeller
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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
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