Paraleptopentacta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dendrochirotida 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Eleutherozoa
Superclassis: Cryptosyringida
Classis: Holothuroidea
Subclassis: Actinopoda
Ordo: Dendrochirotida

Familia: Cucumariidae
Genus:
Species: P. cucumis – P. djakonovi – P. elongata – P. tergestina

Name

Paraleptopentacta Mezali, Thandar & Khodja, 2020

Type species: Cucumaria elongata Düben & Koren, 1846 (type by original designation)

References

  • 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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4860.2.3 Paywall Reference page.  [original description of Paraleptopentacta p. 205]