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Mesothuria Ludwig, 1894 
AphiaID: 123465

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Aspidochirotida (Order) > Synallactidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
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Rank Genus
Typetaxon Mesothuria (Mesothuria) multipes Ludwig, 1893
Parent Synallactidae Ludwig, 1894
Synonymised
taxa
  Allantis Hérouard, 1902 (synonym)
Zygothuria Perrier, 1898 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 336-351 (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Thandar, A.S. (1992). The South African Museum's Meiring Naude cruises. Part 18: Holothuroidea. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 101: 159-180. [details]

additional source: Pawson, D. (2009). Holothuroidea (Echinodermata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

additional source: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS[details]

Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Subgenus Mesothuria (Allantis)
  » Species Mesothuria (Allantis) candelabri Hérouard, 1923
» Species Mesothuria (Allantis) gargantua Deichmann, 1930
» Species Mesothuria (Allantis) intestinalis (Ascanius, 1805) Östergren, 1896
» Species Mesothuria (Allantis) multipora Clark, 1920
» Species Mesothuria (Allantis) oktaknemoides Heding, 1940
» Species Mesothuria (Allantis) oktaknemus Sluiter, 1901
» Species Mesothuria (Allantis) regularia Heding, 1940
» Species Mesothuria (Allantis) cathedralis Heding, 1940 accepted as Mesothuria (Penichrothuria) cathedralis Heding, 1940
Subgenus Mesothuria (Diplasiothuria)
  » Species Mesothuria (Diplasiothuria) carnosa Fisher, 1907
» Species Mesothuria (Diplasiothuria) roulei (Koehler, 1896)
Subgenus Mesothuria (Mesothuria)
  » Species Mesothuria (Mesothuria) abbreviata Koehler & Vaney, 1905
» Species Mesothuria (Mesothuria) bifurcata Hérouard, 1901
» Species Mesothuria (Mesothuria) crebrapedes Cherbonnier & Féral, 1981
» Species Mesothuria (Mesothuria) holothurioides Sluiter, 1901
» Species Mesothuria (Mesothuria) incerta Koehler & Vaney, 1905
» Species Mesothuria (Mesothuria) magellani Ludwig, 1883
» Species Mesothuria (Mesothuria) maroccana Perrier R, 1898
» Species Mesothuria (Mesothuria) media Ohshima, 1915
» Species Mesothuria (Mesothuria) megapoda Clark, 1920
» Species Mesothuria (Mesothuria) multipes Ludwig, 1893
» Species Mesothuria (Mesothuria) murrayi Théel, 1886
» Species Mesothuria (Mesothuria) parva (Théel, 1886)
» Species Mesothuria (Mesothuria) rugosa Hérouard, 1912
Subgenus Mesothuria (Monothuria)
  » Species Mesothuria (Monothuria) marginata Sluiter, 1901
Subgenus Mesothuria (Penichrothuria)
  » Species Mesothuria (Penichrothuria) cathedralis Heding, 1940
» Species Mesothuria (Penichrothuria) norfolkensis Rowe, 1989
» Species Mesothuria (Penichrothuria) verrilli (Théel, 1886)
Subgenus Mesothuria (Zygothuria)
  » Species Mesothuria (Zygothuria) connectens (R. Perrier, 1898)
» Species Mesothuria (Zygothuria) lactea (Théel, 1886)
» Species Mesothuria (Zygothuria) thomsoni (Théel, 1886)
Species Mesothuria candelabra Hérouard, 1923
Species Mesothuria edwardensis Massin, 1992
Species Mesothuria hokutenica Imaoka, 1990
Species Mesothuria milleri Gebruk & Solis-Marin in Gebruk et al., 2011
Species Mesothuria squamosa Koehler & Vaney, 1905
Species Mesothuria sufflava Cherbonnier & Féral, 1984
Species Mesothuria triradiata Heding, 1942

Species Mesothuria deani Mitsukuri, 1912 accepted as Mesothuria (Mesothuria) parva (Théel, 1886)
Species Mesothuria expectans Perrier R, 1899 accepted as Paroriza prouhoi Hérouard, 1902
Environment marine
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Notes  Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Remark: Type species: Mesothuria multipes Ludwig, 1893 by monotypy in Thandar, 1992), by original designation according to Rowe & Gates (1995). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123465
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  Citation: Hansson, H. (2013). Mesothuria Ludwig, 1894. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123465 on 2013-05-18
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