BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary
Cucumaria miniata
Orange Sea Cucumber
| Scientific Name: | Cucumaria miniata (Brandt, 1835) | ||||||||||
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| English Name: | Orange Sea Cucumber | ||||||||||
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| Scientific Name - Concept Reference: | WoRMS Editorial Board. 2014. World Register of Marine Species. Available http://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ. (accessed December 2014) | ||||||||||
| Classification Level: | Species | ||||||||||
| Species Group: | Invertebrate Animal | ||||||||||
| Species Code: | EC-CUCMIN | ||||||||||
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| Global Status: | G5 (Apr 2017) | ||||||||||
| Provincial Status: | SNR (Mar 2022) | ||||||||||
| BC List: | Not Reviewed | ||||||||||
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| Colonial Breeder: | N | ||||||||||
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| Endemic: | N | ||||||||||
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Please visit the website Conservation Status Ranks for definitions of the data fields used in this summary report.
Suggested Citation:
B.C. Conservation Data Centre. Species Summary: Cucumaria miniata. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Apr 6, 2026).