Orange-footed sea cucumber

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Cucumaria frondosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Holothuroidea
Order: Dendrochirotida
Family: Cucumariidae
Genus: Cucumaria
Species: C. frondosa
Binomial name
Cucumaria frondosa


The Orange-footed sea cucumber (Cucumaria frondosa) is the largest sea cucumber in New England.[1]

[edit] Description

45 cm long. Ten tentacles around the mouth.[2]

[edit] Habitat

rocks, crevices; low-tide Arctic water.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Leland W. Pollock 1998 - A Practical Guide to the Marine Animals of Northeastern North America -Rutgers University Press Page 276
  2. ^ Kenneth L. Gosner A Field Guide to the Atlantic Seashore - 1979 HMCo Field Guides Page 254
  3. ^ Andrew J. Martinez - 2003 - Marine Life of the North Atlantic: Canada to New England - Aqua Quest Publications Page 178


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