Cucumaria echinata
| Cucumaria echinata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Holothuroidea |
| Order: | Dendrochirotida |
| Family: | Cucumariidae |
| Genus: | Cucumaria |
| Species: | C. echinata |
| Binomial name | |
| Cucumaria echinata Von Marenzeller | |
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 mosquitoes.[1]
References
- ↑ Yoshida S, Shimada Y, Kondoh D et al. (2007). "Hemolytic C-type lectin CEL-III from sea cucumber expressed in transgenic mosquitoes impairs malaria parasite development". PLoS Pathog. 3 (12): e192. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.0030192. PMC 2151087. PMID 18159942.