| Mesothuria | |
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| Mesothuria sp. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 Synallactidae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. [1]
The following 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 that dwell on the ocean floor and are usually detritivore. They resemble a cucumber in form. The genus contains some species that are harvested and sold as food.
Eulimidae is a family of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Vanikoroidea.
Cucumaria is a genus of sea cucumbers.
Henricia is a large genus of slender-armed sea stars belonging to the family Echinasteridae. It contains about fifty species.
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, containing the following species:
Cucumariidae is a family of sea cucumbers, marine animals with elongated bodies, leathery skins and tentacles that are found on the sea bed.
Stichopus is a genus of sea cucumbers.
Ocnus is a genus of sea cucumbers in the family Cucumariidae.
Pelseneeria is a genus of very small ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Eulimidae. This genus was first described by R. Koehler and C. Vaney in 1908.
Peniagone is a genus of deep-sea sea cucumbers in the family Elpidiidae. Peniagone wyvillii is the type species.
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.
Leptopentacta 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.