Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Echinozoa > Class Holothuroidea > Subclass Actinopoda > Order Holothuriida

Mesothuriidae Smirnov, 2012

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Mesothuria Ludwig, 1894
Zygothuria R. Perrier, 1898

Literature

original description

Smirnov, A.V. (2012). System of the Class Holothuroidea. Paleontological Journal. 46(8): 793-832, 8 figs.

identification resource

Gebruk, Andrey V., Solis-Marin, Francisco A., Billett, David S.M., Rogacheva, Antonina V. and Tyler, Paul A. (2012) Review of the genus Zygothuria Perrier, 1898 and the Atlantic group of species of the genus Mesothuria Ludwig, 1894 (Synallactidae: Holothuroidea) with description of the new species Mesothuria millerisp. nov. Journal of Natural History, 46, (5-6), 265-348.

identification resource

O'Loughlin, P.M., Ahearn, C. (2005) A review of pygal-furrowed Synallactidae (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea), with new species from the Antarctic, Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 62(2): 147-179.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Mesothuriidae Smirnov, 2012. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=731919

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2017-09-21 by Gustav Paulay

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