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Meseres Ludwig, 1893 
AphiaID: 123464

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Aspidochirotida (Order) > Synallactidae (Family)
Status nomen dubium
Record
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Rank Genus
Typetaxon Meseres macdonaldi Ludwig, 1893 (type by monotypy)
Parent Synallactidae Ludwig, 1894
Sources  original description: Ludwig, H. 1893. Vorlaufiger Bericht uber die erbeuteten Holothurien. Bull MCZ 24(4) 105-114 [details]

basis of record: 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]

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]

additional source: Pawson, D. (2009). Holothuroidea (Echinodermata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

additional source: Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 336-351 (look up in IMIS[details]

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 Species Meseres acaudum Heding, 1935
Species Meseres ingolfi (Heding, 1940)

Species Meseres macdonaldi Ludwig, 1893 (nomen dubium)

Species Meseres atlanticus (R. Perrier, 1902) accepted as Molpadiodemas atlanticus (R. Perrier, 1898)
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 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
Environment marine
Note  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]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123464
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2013-06-10 06:35:23Z  changed  Paulay, Gustav
  
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  Citation: Paulay, G.; Hansson, H. (2013). Meseres Ludwig, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123464 on 2013-06-19
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