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Orange Sea Cucumber

Cucumaria miniata

10,366 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 3,439, February 2,976, March 3,099, April 3,844, May 3,733, June 2,746, July 2,352, August 2,396, September 3,040, October 3,106, November 3,993, December 3,078.
United States42,270
California37,798
Washington4,401
British Columbia3,775
Canada3,472
Alaska444
Oregon175
Mexico1
Baja California1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • RegenerationCan regrow lost body partsFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumEchinoderms · Echinodermata
ClassSea Cucumbers · Holothuroidea
OrderFiltering sea cucumbers · Dendrochirotida
FamilyCucumariidae
GenusCucumaria

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