All Sea Cucumbers are bottom dwellers, found in nearly every marine environment.They're found in shallow and deep waters, but avoid areas exposed to high wave action. Sea Cucumbers settle on all types of bottoms, from muddy sand to bedrock and sometimes partially beneath it. C. frondosa is a cold water animal found along the western Atlantic coast from Greenland to the northern shore of Cape Cod. In the Gulf of Maine it can be one of the most abundant benthic animals found over rocky bottoms and in some local areas may account for 50% of the benthic biomass. It is most common in depths of less than 100 feet of water and it prefers to cling to hard surfaces, but can be found in coarse gravel or shell debris.
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