Mesothuria

Mesothuria
Mesothuria sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Holothuroidea
Order:	Holothuriida
Family:	Mesothuriidae
Genus:	Mesothuria Ludwig, 1894
Synonyms
Allantis Hérouard, 1902 Diplasiothuria Heding, 1942 Mesites Ludwig, 1893 Mesothuria (Allantis) Hérouard, 1902 Mesothuria (Diplasiothuria) Heding, 1942 Mesothuria (Mesothuria) Ludwig, 1894 Mesothuria (Monothuria) Heding, 1940 Mesothuria (Penichrothuria) Heding, 1942 Penichrothuria Heding, 1942

Mesothuria is a genus of sea cucumbers belonging to the family Mesothuriidae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.

Species

The following 26 species are recognised in the genus Mesothuria:

• 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)

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