''Mesothuria'' is a genus of

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s belonging to the family

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. The genus has a

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Species

The following species are recognised in the genus ''Mesothuria'': *'' Mesothuria abberviata'' Koehler & Vaney, 1905 *'' Mesothuria abbreviata'' Koehler & Vaney, 1905 *'' Mesothuria bifurcata'' Hérouard, 1901 *'' Mesothuria carnosa'' Fisher, 1907 *'' Mesothuria cathedralis'' Heding, 1940 *'' Mesothuria crebrapedes'' Cherbonnier & Féral, 1981 *'' Mesothuria deani'' Mitsukuri, 1912 *'' Mesothuria edwardensis'' Massin, 1992 *'' Mesothuria gargantua'' Deichmann, 1930 *'' Mesothuria holothurioides'' Sluiter, 1901 *'' Mesothuria incerta'' Koehler & Vaney, 1905 *'' Mesothuria intestinalis'' (Ascanius, 1805) *'' Mesothuria magellani'' (Ludwig, 1883) *'' Mesothuria maroccana'' Perrier R., 1898 *'' Mesothuria megapoda'' Clark, 1920 *'' Mesothuria milleri'' Gebruk & Solis-Marin in Gebruk, Solis-Marin, Billett, Rogacheva & Tyler, 2012 *'' Mesothuria multipes'' (Ludwig, 1893) *'' Mesothuria multipora'' Clark, 1920 *'' Mesothuria murrayi'' (Théel, 1886) *'' Mesothuria oktaknemoides'' Heding, 1940 *'' Mesothuria oktaknemus'' Sluiter, 1901 *'' Mesothuria regularia'' Heding, 1940 *'' Mesothuria roulei'' (Koehler, 1895) *'' Mesothuria rugosa'' Hérouard, 1912 *'' Mesothuria squamosa'' Koehler & Vaney, 1905 *'' Mesothuria sufflava'' Cherbonnier & Féral, 1984 *'' Mesothuria verrilli'' (Théel, 1886)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3460174 Holothuriida Holothuroidea genera