Mesothuria
Genus of sea cucumbers
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Mesothuria is a genus of sea cucumbers belonging to the family Mesothuriidae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.[1]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Holothuroidea |
| Order: | Holothuriida |
| Family: | Mesothuriidae |
| Genus: | Mesothuria Ludwig, 1894 |
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Species
The following 26 species are recognised in the genus Mesothuria:[2]
- Mesothuria abbreviata Koehler & Vaney, 1905
- Mesothuria bifurcata Hérouard, 1901
- Mesothuria carnosa Fisher, 1907
- Mesothuria cathedralis Heding, 1940
- Mesothuria crebrapedes Cherbonnier & Féral, 1981
- Mesothuria deani Mitsukuri, 1912
- Mesothuria edwardensis Massin, 1992
- Mesothuria gargantua Deichmann, 1930
- Mesothuria holothurioides Sluiter, 1901
- Mesothuria incerta Koehler & Vaney, 1905
- Mesothuria intestinalis (Ascanius, 1805)
- Mesothuria magellani (Ludwig, 1883)
- Mesothuria maroccana Perrier R., 1898
- Mesothuria megapoda Clark, 1920
- Mesothuria milleri Gebruk & Solis-Marin in Gebruk, Solis-Marin, Billett, Rogacheva & Tyler, 2012
- Mesothuria multipes (Ludwig, 1893)
- Mesothuria multipora Clark, 1920
- Mesothuria murrayi (Théel, 1886)
- Mesothuria oktaknemoides Heding, 1940
- Mesothuria oktaknemus Sluiter, 1901
- Mesothuria regularia Heding, 1940
- Mesothuria roulei (Koehler, 1895)
- Mesothuria rugosa Hérouard, 1912
- Mesothuria squamosa Koehler & Vaney, 1905
- Mesothuria sufflava Cherbonnier & Féral, 1984
- Mesothuria verrilli (Théel, 1886)