WoRMS name details
Meseres Ludwig, 1893
123464 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123464)
unaccepted (junior homonym of Meseres Schewiakoff, 1892, Ciliophora)
Genus
Meseres macdonaldi Ludwig, 1893 accepted as Oloughlinius macdonaldi (Ludwig, 1893) (type by monotypy)
- Species Meseres acaudum (Heding, 1935) accepted as Molpadiodemas atlanticus (R. Perrier, 1898)
- Species Meseres atlanticus (R. Perrier, 1902) accepted as Molpadiodemas atlanticus (R. Perrier, 1898) (misdated; superseded combination)
- Species Meseres globigerinae (Hérouard, 1902) accepted as Molpadiodemas involutus (Sluiter, 1901)
- Species Meseres hyalegerus Sluiter, 1901 accepted as Pseudostichopus hyalegerus (Sluiter, 1901)
- Species Meseres involutus Sluiter, 1901 accepted as Molpadiodemas involutus (Sluiter, 1901)
- Species Meseres macdonaldi Ludwig, 1893 accepted as Oloughlinius macdonaldi (Ludwig, 1893)
- Species Meseres occultatus (von Marenzeller, 1893) accepted as Pseudostichopus occultatus Marenzeller von, 1893
- Species Meseres peripatus Sluiter, 1901 accepted as Pseudostichopus peripatus (Sluiter, 1901)
- Species Meseres spiculiferus O'Loughlin, 2002 accepted as Pseudostichopus spiculiferus (O'Loughlin, 2002)
- Species Meseres trachus (Sluiter, 1901) accepted as Pseudostichopus mollis Théel, 1886
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Ludwig, H. (1893). Vorläufiger Bericht über die erbeuteten Holothurien. In: Reports on the Dredging Operations off the West Coast of Central America to the Galapagos, etc., by the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer "Albatross". IV. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoöology at Harvard College.</em> 24(4): 105-114. [details]
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Ludwig, H. (1893). Vorläufiger Bericht über die erbeuteten Holothurien. In: Reports on the Dredging Operations off the West Coast of Central America to the Galapagos, etc., by the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer "Albatross". IV. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoöology at Harvard College.</em> 24(4): 105-114. [details]
basis of record Thandar, A.S. (1999). Deep-sea Holothuroids taken by the R.V. Africana II in 1959, from off the West Coast of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa, Ann. S. Afr. Mus., Vol. 105(9): 364-409, 16 figs, 2 tables (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Thandar, A.S. (1999). Deep-sea Holothuroids taken by the R.V. Africana II in 1959, from off the West Coast of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa, Ann. S. Afr. Mus., Vol. 105(9): 364-409, 16 figs, 2 tables (look up in IMIS) [details]
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additional source
Mah, C.L.; McKnight, D.G.; Eagle, M.K.; Pawson, D.L.; Améziane, N.; Vance, D.J.; Baker, A.N.; Clark, H.E.S.; Davey, N. (2009). Phylum Echinodermata: sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea lilies. In: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 371-400. [details]
additional source Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source O'Loughlin, P.M. (2002). Report on selected species of BANZARE and ANARE Holothuroidea, with reviews of Meeres Ludwig and Heterocucumis Panning (Echinodermata). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 59(2): 297-325. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source O'Loughlin, P.M. (2002). Report on selected species of BANZARE and ANARE Holothuroidea, with reviews of Meeres Ludwig and Heterocucumis Panning (Echinodermata). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 59(2): 297-325. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Unreviewed
Remark The genus: Molpadiodemas is treated as a synonym to Meseres.In family Gephyrothuriidae in Rowe & Gates (1995).
Type species: Meseres macdonaldi Ludwig, 1894 by monotypy (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
