Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Echinozoa > Class Holothuroidea > Subclass Actinopoda > Order Holothuriida > Family Holothuriidae > Genus Holothuria > Subgenus Holothuria (Halodeima)

Holothuria (Halodeima) mexicana Ludwig, 1875

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Holothuria*	Linnaeus, 1767	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Holothuria mexicana*	Ludwig, 1875	synonym; alternate representation

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: donkey dung sea cucumber

Literature

original description	Ludwig, H. L. (1875). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Holothurien. Arbeiten aus dem zoologisch-zootomischen Institut Würzburg. 2: 77-118, pls. 6-7.
basis of record	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.
additional source	Rowe, F. W. E. (1969). A review of the family Holothuriidae (Holothurioidea: Aspidochirotida). Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) (Zool.). 18(4): 119-170.
additional source	Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S.