Global InformationCucumaria vegae information
| Cucumaria vegae | |
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| Cucumaria vegae with feeding tentacles extended | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Holothuroidea |
| Order: | Dendrochirotida |
| Family: | Cucumariidae |
| Genus: | Cucumaria |
| Species: | C. vegae
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| Binomial name | |
| Cucumaria vegae Théel, 1886
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Cucumaria vegae, also known as tiny black sea cucumber or northern tar spot, is a species of sea cucumber. It was first described to science by Johan Hjalmar Théel in 1886[1] reporting on the sea cucumber specimens brought back by the Challenger expedition. Among these was the type specimen for this species, which was collected at Bering Island.
- ^ Théel, Hjalmar (1886). "The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger Zoology 39 Report on the Holothurioidea, Part II". 19thcenturyscience.org. p. 114. Retrieved 2019-12-13.