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title: "Orange Sea Cucumber"
description: "Cucumaria miniata — Andere dieren. Cucumaria miniata is a species of sea cucumber."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/orange-sea-cucumber
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Orange Sea Cucumber

> Cucumaria miniata — Andere dieren. Cucumaria miniata is a species of sea cucumber.

- Scientific name: *Cucumaria miniata*
- Category: `other` (Andere dieren)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 10232
- Wikidata: [Q2491296](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2491296)
- iNaturalist taxon: [117695](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/117695)

## Names

- en: Orange Sea Cucumber
- pl: Ogórczak japoński

## Countries with the most observations

US (5869), CA (3743)

## Summary

Cucumaria miniata is a species of sea cucumber. It is commonly known as the orange sea cucumber or red sea cucumber due to its striking color.  This northeast Pacific species is often found wedged in between rocks or crevices at the coast or on docks and can generally be identified by its orange bushy tentacles protruding above the substrate.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucumaria_miniata

## Photo

![Orange Sea Cucumber](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/orange-sea-cucumber/medium.jpg)

Photo: Alex Heyman · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/74439214

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/orange-sea-cucumber?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).