Zygothuria

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Holothuriida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Holothuroidea Ordo: Holothuriida

Familia: Mesothuriidae
Genus: Zygothuria
Species (6): Z. candelabri – Z. connectens – Z. lactea – Z. marginata – Z. oxysclera – Z. thomsoni

Name

Zygothuria R. Perrier, 1898

Type species: Holothuria lactea Théel, 1886, by subsequent designation by R. Perrier (1902: 321).

Synonymy

• Zygothuria R. Perrier, 1898: 1665; — R. Perrier, 1899a: 245–246; — R. Perrier, 1902: 321–322 , 332; — Deichmann, 1930: 108; — Gebruk et al., 2012: 309–310; — Mackenzie et al., 2024: 248.
• Mesothuria (Zygothuria) R. Perrier, 1898; — Heding, 1940

References

• Deichmann, E. 1930. The Holothurians of the Western Part of the Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 71: 43–226. BHL. Reference page. 
• Gebruk, A.V., Solís-Marín, F.A., Billett, D.S.M., Rogacheva, A., Tyler, P.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 milleri sp. nov.. Journal of Natural History. 46(5–6): 265–348. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2011.638423 . Reference page. 
• Heding, S.G. 1940. Die Holothurien der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. II. - Aspidochirote und Elasipode Formen. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. 24: 317–375. Reference page. 
• Mackenzie, M., Davey, N., Burghardt, I., Haines, M.L. 2024. A report of sea cucumbers collected on the first dedicated deep-sea biological survey of Australia’s Indian Ocean Territories around Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 83: 207–316. DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2024.83.03 . Reference page. 
• Perrier, R. 1898. Sur les Holothuries recueillies par le Travailleur et le Talisman. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences. 126(23): 1664–1666. BHL (French). Reference page. 
• Perrier, R. 1899a. Diagnoses des Holothuries draguées par le Travailleur et le Talisman (Première Note). Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 5(5): 244–248. BHL (French). Reference page. 
• Perrier, R. 1902. Holothuries. Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883. 6: 273–554. BHL. Reference page.