Koehler, R. & Vaney, C. (1905). An account of the deep-sea Holothurioidea collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship Investigator. [Holothuries recueillies par l'Investigator dans l'Océan Indien. I. Les Holothuries de mer profonde.]. <em>In: Alcock, A. (ed.) Echinoderma of the Indian Museum. Holothurioidea. Calcutta: Indian Museum.</em> vi + 124 pp. + ii, 15 pls.[details]
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Mesothuria abbreviata Koehler & Vaney, 1905. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=732427 on 2024-04-19
original descriptionKoehler, R. & Vaney, C. (1905). An account of the deep-sea Holothurioidea collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship Investigator. [Holothuries recueillies par l'Investigator dans l'Océan Indien. I. Les Holothuries de mer profonde.]. <em>In: Alcock, A. (ed.) Echinoderma of the Indian Museum. Holothurioidea. Calcutta: Indian Museum.</em> vi + 124 pp. + ii, 15 pls.[details]
original description(ofMesothuria media Ohshima, 1915)Ohshima, H. (1915). Report on the Holothurians collected by the United States Fisheries Steamer "Albatross" in the northwestern Pacific during the summer of 1906. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 48(2073): 213-291., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7763211[details]