Mesothuria


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
  • Mesothuria magellani
  • Mesothuria maroccana Perrier R., 1898
  • Mesothuria megapoda Clark, 1920
  • Mesothuria milleri Gebruk & Solis-Marin in Gebruk, Solis-Marin, Billett, Rogacheva & Tyler, 2012
  • Mesothuria multipes
  • Mesothuria multipora Clark, 1920
  • Mesothuria murrayi
  • Mesothuria oktaknemoides Heding, 1940
  • Mesothuria oktaknemus Sluiter, 1901
  • Mesothuria regularia Heding, 1940
  • Mesothuria roulei
  • Mesothuria rugosa Hérouard, 1912
  • Mesothuria squamosa Koehler & Vaney, 1905
  • Mesothuria sufflava Cherbonnier & Féral, 1984
  • ''Mesothuria verrilli''