Holothuria (Mertensiothuria)

Holothuria leucospilota

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Holothuriida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Holothuroidea Ordo: Holothuriida

Familia: Holothuriidae
Genus: Holothuria
Subgenus: Holothuria (Mertensiothuria)
Species (9): H. (M.) albofusca – H. (M.) aphanes – H. (M.) arenacava – H. (M.) artensis – H. (M.) fuscorubra – H. (M.) hilla – H. (M.) isuga – H. (M.) leucospilota – H. (M.) viridiaurantia

Name

Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) Deichmann, 1958

Type species: Stichopus leucospilota Brandt, 1865, by original designation.

Synonymy

• Mertensiothuria Deichmann, 1958: 296 [original rank as full genus]

• Type species: Stichopus leucospilota Brandt, 1865, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Deichmann, E. 1958. The Holothurioidea collected by the Velero III and IV during the years 1932 to 1954. Part II. Aspidochirota. Allan Hancock Pacific Expedition 11: 253–349. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Borrero-Pérez, G.H. & Vanegas-González, M.J. 2019. Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) viridiaurantia sp. nov. (Holothuriida, Holothuriidae), a new sea cucumber from the Eastern Pacific Ocean revealed by morphology and DNA barcoding. ZooKeys, 893: 1–19. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.893.36013 Reference page. 

Links

• Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) in the World Register of Marine Species

• BHL bibliography
• Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Holothuria (Mertensiothuria).
• ION