The Orange Sea Cucumber (Cucumaria miniata) is a vibrant benthic invertebrate found clinging to rocks and nestled in crevices along Maine’s shallow coastal waters. Recognized by its dark brown to maroon coloration and striking orange feeding tentacles, this echinoderm plays an important ecological role in filtering detritus and recycling nutrients on the ocean floor.
Collected by hand from the cold, clean waters of the Gulf of Maine, each specimen is shipped live and ready for use in aquariums, touch tanks, classrooms, or marine biology research.
Common name: Orange Sea Cucumber Scientific name:Cucumaria miniata Locations: Shallow waters of the coast, attached to rocks and in cracks and crevices Seasonality: Available all year Color: Dark brown, tan, maroon, or purple with orange feeding structures Size: 4” – 8” Collected: By hand Quantity: Sold by the pound (live)
Note: This is a live marine specimen. Natural variations in size, color, and appearance from photos should be expected. If you would like any specimen preserved, please send a request to: info@gulfofme.com
Live Orange Sea Cucumber (Cucumaria miniata)
Please note this is a live marine specimen.
The Orange Sea Cucumber (Cucumaria miniata) is a vibrant benthic invertebrate found clinging to rocks and nestled in crevices along Maine’s shallow coastal waters. Recognized by its dark brown to maroon coloration and striking orange feeding tentacles, this echinoderm plays an important ecological role in filtering detritus and recycling nutrients on the ocean floor.
Collected by hand from the cold, clean waters of the Gulf of Maine, each specimen is shipped live and ready for use in aquariums, touch tanks, classrooms, or marine biology research.
Common name: Orange Sea Cucumber Scientific name:Cucumaria miniata Locations: Shallow waters of the coast, attached to rocks and in cracks and crevices Seasonality: Available all year Color: Dark brown, tan, maroon, or purple with orange feeding structures Size: 4” – 8” Collected: By hand Quantity: Sold by the pound (live)
Note: This is a live marine specimen. Natural variations in size, color, and appearance from photos should be expected. If you would like any specimen preserved, please send a request to: info@gulfofme.com
Tidepool Tim says, “Sea pickles! These sea cukes range in natural colored body tissues with lateral orange tube feet which line their bodies and concentrate around the mouth for feeding. This creature is quite well known and it’s currently the only commercially important sea cucumber along Maine’s shore. They sustain themselves on phytoplankton and organic detritus. When cukes sense danger, they retract their active feeding “tentacles” and contract into a football shape. Once taken out of the water, they expel water and flatten out.”
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