Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Echinozoa > Class Holothuroidea > Subclass Actinopoda > Order Dendrochirotida > Family Cucumariidae

Paraleptopentacta Mezali, Thandar & Khodja, 2020

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Paraleptopentacta elongata (Düben & Koren, 1846)
Paraleptopentacta tergestina (Sars, 1859)

Literature

original description

Mezali, K.; Thandar, A. S.; Khodja, I. (2020). Paraleptopentacta, a new Mediterranean and north-west Atlantic sea cucumber genus, with the first record of P. tergestina n. comb. (Echinodermata: Dendrochirotida: Cucumariidae) from the north-western Algerian coast. Zootaxa. 4860(2): 199-210.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Paraleptopentacta Mezali, Thandar & Khodja, 2020. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1474371

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2021-01-03 by Gustav Paulay

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