# Mesothuria

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***Mesothuria*** is a genus of [sea cucumbers](/source/Sea_cucumber) belonging to the family [Mesothuriidae](/source/Mesothuriidae). The genus has a [cosmopolitan distribution](/source/Cosmopolitan_distribution).[1]

## Species

The following 26 species are recognised in the genus *Mesothuria*:[2]

- *[Mesothuria abbreviata](/source/Mesothuria_abbreviata)* Koehler & Vaney, 1905
- *[Mesothuria bifurcata](/source/Mesothuria_bifurcata)* Hérouard, 1901
- *[Mesothuria carnosa](/source/Mesothuria_carnosa)* Fisher, 1907
- *[Mesothuria cathedralis](/source/Mesothuria_cathedralis)* Heding, 1940
- *[Mesothuria crebrapedes](/source/Mesothuria_crebrapedes)* Cherbonnier & Féral, 1981
- *[Mesothuria deani](/source/Mesothuria_deani)* Mitsukuri, 1912
- *[Mesothuria edwardensis](/source/Mesothuria_edwardensis)* Massin, 1992
- *[Mesothuria gargantua](/source/Mesothuria_gargantua)* Deichmann, 1930
- *[Mesothuria holothurioides](/source/Mesothuria_holothurioides)* Sluiter, 1901
- *[Mesothuria incerta](/source/Mesothuria_incerta)* Koehler & Vaney, 1905
- *[Mesothuria intestinalis](/source/Mesothuria_intestinalis)* (Ascanius, 1805)
- *[Mesothuria magellani](/source/Mesothuria_magellani)* (Ludwig, 1883)
- *[Mesothuria maroccana](/source/Mesothuria_maroccana)* Perrier R., 1898
- *[Mesothuria megapoda](/source/Mesothuria_megapoda)* Clark, 1920
- *[Mesothuria milleri](/source/Mesothuria_milleri)* Gebruk & Solis-Marin in Gebruk, Solis-Marin, Billett, Rogacheva & Tyler, 2012
- *[Mesothuria multipes](/source/Mesothuria_multipes)* (Ludwig, 1893)
- *[Mesothuria multipora](/source/Mesothuria_multipora)* Clark, 1920
- *[Mesothuria murrayi](/source/Mesothuria_murrayi)* (Théel, 1886)
- *[Mesothuria oktaknemoides](/source/Mesothuria_oktaknemoides)* Heding, 1940
- *[Mesothuria oktaknemus](/source/Mesothuria_oktaknemus)* Sluiter, 1901
- *[Mesothuria regularia](/source/Mesothuria_regularia)* Heding, 1940
- *[Mesothuria roulei](/source/Mesothuria_roulei)* (Koehler, 1895)
- *[Mesothuria rugosa](/source/Mesothuria_rugosa)* Hérouard, 1912
- *[Mesothuria squamosa](/source/Mesothuria_squamosa)* Koehler & Vaney, 1905
- *[Mesothuria sufflava](/source/Mesothuria_sufflava)* Cherbonnier & Féral, 1984
- *[Mesothuria verrilli](/source/Mesothuria_verrilli)* (Théel, 1886)

## References

1. ["Mesothuria"](https://www.gbif.org/species/2279131). *www.gbif.org*. Retrieved 10 May 2021.

1. ["WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Mesothuria Ludwig, 1894"](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123465). *www.marinespecies.org*. Retrieved 2024-10-25.

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