| Mesothuria | |
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| Mesothuria sp. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Holothuroidea |
| Order: | Holothuriida |
| Family: | Mesothuriidae |
| Genus: | Mesothuria Ludwig, 1894 |
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Mesothuria is a genus of sea cucumbers belonging to the family Mesothuriidae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. [1]
The following 26 species are recognised in the genus Mesothuria: [2]
Holothuria is the type genus of the marine animal family Holothuriidae, part of the class Holothuroidea, commonly known as sea cucumbers. Members of the genus are found in coastal waters in tropical and temperate regions. They are soft-bodied, limbless invertebrates which dwell on the ocean floor and are usually detritivores. They resemble a cucumber in form. The genus contains some species that are harvested and sold as food.
Cucumaria is a genus of sea cucumbers.
Psychropotes is a genus of sea cucumbers in the family Psychropotidae. The members of this genus possess the ability to swim, although this is only facultative.
Synaptula is a genus of sea cucumbers, in the family Synaptidae.
Cucumariidae is a family of sea cucumbers, marine animals with elongated bodies, leathery skins and tentacles that are found on the sea bed.
Ocnus is a genus of sea cucumbers in the family Cucumariidae.
Elpidiidae is a family of deep-sea sea cucumbers.
Peniagone is a genus of deep-sea sea cucumbers in the family Elpidiidae. Peniagone wyvillii is the type species.
Ellipinion is a genus of deep-sea sea cucumbers in the family Elpidiidae. It was first described by the French marine biologist Edgard Hérouard in 1923.
Chiridota is a genus of sea cucumbers in the family Chiridotidae. It is an extant genus but some fossil species are known.
Psolus is a genus of sea cucumbers in the family Psolidae, marine animals with long bodies, leathery skins and tentacles, that inhabit the sea bed.
Pseudocnus is a genus of sea cucumbers in the family Cucumariidae.
The Synallactidae are a family of sea cucumbers, part of the order Synallactida.
Thyone is a genus of sea cucumbers in the family Phyllophoridae.
Gephyrothuriidae is a family of sea cucumbers belonging to the order Persiculida.
Molpadiodemas is a genus of sea cucumbers belonging to the monotypic family Molpadiodemidae. The genus has an almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Pseudostichopus is a genus of sea cucumbers belonging to the monotypic family Pseudostichopodidae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.
Ophiura is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the family Ophiuridae.
Synallactes is a genus of sea cucumbers in the family Synallactidae. The type species of this genus is Synallactes alexandri.
Zygothuria is a genus of sea cucumbers belonging to the family Mesothuriidae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.