Pseudocnus echinatus (von Marenzeller 1882)

Pseudocnus echinatus is a species of sea cucumber in the family Cucumariidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific from the Red Sea and Bay of Bengal to China and Japan.

Biology

Nearly all sea cucumbers are dioecious, with males and females being indistinguishable externally. Spawning takes place in this species between mid-June and early August, usually in the late afternoon. The gametes are liberated into the water column and fertilisation takes place at once. The larvae are planktonic at first before settling on the seabed, growing feeding tentacles and metamorphosing into juvenile sea cucumbers.^[2]

Research

Pseudocnus echinatus has been researched as a possible source of bioactive molecules and has been found to contain a galactose-specific lectin with haemolytic activity.^[3] This binds to the exterior of red blood cells, damaging the cell membrane and causing lysis. This lectin has the ability to block the development of Plasmodium, the causal agent of malaria, when it is expressed in genetically modified Anopheles mosquitoes.^[4]

References

Pseudocnus echinatus is een zeekomkommer uit de familie Cucumariidae.

De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd in 1881 gepubliceerd door Emil von Marenzeller.

• Paulay, G. (2017). Pseudocnus echinatus (von Marenzeller, 1881). Geraadpleegd middels: World Register of Marine Species, te vinden op http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217321.

棘刺瓜参（学名：Pseudocnus echinatus）为瓜参科刺瓜参属的动物。分布于日本、红海以及中国大陆的福建、广东等地，主要生活于沿岸浅海以及水深5-50米的粗沙贝壳底。该物种的模式产地在日本。^[1]

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