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Mesothuria  Ludwig, 1894
Taxonomic Serial No.: 158376

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Allantis Hérouard, 1902
  
    Penichrothuria Heding, 1942
  
    Diplasiothuria Heding, 1942
  
    Mesites Ludwig, 1893
  
    Mesothuria (Diplasiothuria) Heding, 1942
  
    Mesothuria (Allantis) Hérouard, 1902
  
    Mesothuria (Penichrothuria) Heding, 1942
  
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2017   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria   
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumEchinodermata Bruguière, 1791 [ex Klein, 1734] – echinoderms, échinodermes, bolacha da praia, equinoderma, equinodermata, estrela do mar, ouriço do mar  
             SubphylumEchinozoa Haeckel, 1895  
                ClassHolothuroidea  – holotúria, pepino do mar, cocombres de mer, sea cucumbers  
                   OrderHolothuriida Miller, Kerr, Paulau, Reich, Wilson, Caravajal & Rouse, 2017  
                      FamilyMesothuriidae Smirnov, 2012  
                         GenusMesothuria Ludwig, 1894  
    Direct Children:  
                            SpeciesMesothuria abbreviata Koehler & Vaney, 1905  
                            SpeciesMesothuria bifurcata Hérouard, 1901  
                            SpeciesMesothuria carnosa Fisher, 1907  
                            SpeciesMesothuria cathedralis Heding, 1940  
                            SpeciesMesothuria crebrapedes Cherbonnier & Féral, 1981  
                            SpeciesMesothuria deani Mitsukuri, 1912  
                            SpeciesMesothuria edwardensis Massin, 1992  
                            SpeciesMesothuria gargantua Deichmann, 1930  
                            SpeciesMesothuria holothurioides Sluiter, 1901  
                            SpeciesMesothuria incerta Koehler & Vaney, 1905  
                            SpeciesMesothuria intestinalis (Ascanius, 1805)  
                            SpeciesMesothuria magellani (Ludwig, 1883)  
                            SpeciesMesothuria maroccana R. Perrier, 1898  
                            SpeciesMesothuria megapoda H. L. Clark, 1920  
                            SpeciesMesothuria milleri Gebruk & Solis-Marin in Gebruk, Solis-Marin, Billett, Rogacheva & Tyler, 2012  
                            SpeciesMesothuria multipes (Ludwig, 1893)  
                            SpeciesMesothuria multipora H. L. Clark, 1920  
                            SpeciesMesothuria murrayi (Théel, 1886)  
                            SpeciesMesothuria oktaknemoides Heding, 1940  
                            SpeciesMesothuria oktaknemus Sluiter, 1901  
                            SpeciesMesothuria regularia Heding, 1940  
                            SpeciesMesothuria roulei (Koehler, 1895)  
                            SpeciesMesothuria rugosa Hérouard, 1912  
                            SpeciesMesothuria squamosa Koehler & Vaney, 1905  
                            SpeciesMesothuria sufflava Cherbonnier & Féral, 1984  
                            SpeciesMesothuria verrilli (Théel, 1886)  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Gustav Paulay   
  Notes: Curator of Marine Malacology, University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH), Gainesville, Florida, 32611, USA   
  Reference for: Mesothuria    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Mesothuria   
       
  Source: WoRMS - World List of Holothuroidea, database (version 15/10/2015)  
  Acquired: 2015   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Mesothuria   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ludwig, Hubert   
  Publication Date: 1894   
  Article/Chapter Title: Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross, during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., ...   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College, vol. 17, no. 3   
  Page(s): 183   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: Available online via Biodiversity Heritage Library at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4339195   
  Reference for: original description   
       

 Geographic Information
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123465 associated with the scientific name Mesothuria Ludwig, 1894 acquired on 15 October, 2015  
 

 

    


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