''Mesothuria'' is a genus of

sea cucumber Sea cucumbers are echinoderms from the class (biology), class Holothuroidea ( ). They are benthic marine animals found on the sea floor worldwide, and the number of known holothuroid species worldwide is about 1,786, with the greatest number be ...

s belonging to the family

Mesothuriidae Mesothuriidae is a family of echinoderm An echinoderm () is any animal of the phylum Echinodermata (), which includes starfish, brittle stars, sea urchins, sand dollars and sea cucumbers, as well as the sessile sea lilies or "stone ...

. The genus has a

cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...

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)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3460174 Holothuriida Holothuroidea genera