Mesothuria is a genus of sea cucumbers belonging to the family Mesothuriidae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
The following 26 species are recognised in the genus Mesothuria:
- Mesothuria abbreviata <small>Koehler & Vaney, 1905</small>
- Mesothuria bifurcata <small>Hérouard, 1901</small>
- Mesothuria carnosa <small>Fisher, 1907</small>
- Mesothuria cathedralis <small>Heding, 1940</small>
- Mesothuria crebrapedes <small>Cherbonnier & Féral, 1981</small>
- Mesothuria deani <small>Mitsukuri, 1912</small>
- Mesothuria edwardensis <small>Massin, 1992</small>
- Mesothuria gargantua <small>Deichmann, 1930</small>
- Mesothuria holothurioides <small>Sluiter, 1901</small>
- Mesothuria incerta <small>Koehler & Vaney, 1905</small>
- Mesothuria intestinalis <small>(Ascanius, 1805)</small>
- Mesothuria magellani <small>(Ludwig, 1883)</small>
- Mesothuria maroccana <small>Perrier R., 1898</small>
- Mesothuria megapoda <small>Clark, 1920</small>
- Mesothuria milleri <small>Gebruk & Solis-Marin in Gebruk, Solis-Marin, Billett, Rogacheva & Tyler, 2012</small>
- Mesothuria multipes <small>(Ludwig, 1893)</small>
- Mesothuria multipora <small>Clark, 1920</small>
- Mesothuria murrayi <small>(Théel, 1886)</small>
- Mesothuria oktaknemoides <small>Heding, 1940</small>
- Mesothuria oktaknemus <small>Sluiter, 1901</small>
- Mesothuria regularia <small>Heding, 1940</small>
- Mesothuria roulei <small>(Koehler, 1895)</small>
- Mesothuria rugosa <small>Hérouard, 1912</small>
- Mesothuria squamosa <small>Koehler & Vaney, 1905</small>
- Mesothuria sufflava <small>Cherbonnier & Féral, 1984</small>
- Mesothuria verrilli <small>(Théel, 1886)</small>
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