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Mesothuria
Sign in to saveMesothuria is a genus of sea cucumbers belonging to the family Mesothuriidae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
クマサカナマコ属
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassHolothuroidea
- OrderHolothuriida
- FamilyMesothuriidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 198
- With media
- 38
- Family
- Synallactidae
- Collections
- USNM, NMV
- Recorded in
- Indonesia, South Sandwich Islands, Antarctica, United States, Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Mozambique, Panama
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- Mesothuriidae
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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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