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Genus of sea cucumbers

Loisettea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Holothuroidea
Order: Dendrochirotida
Family: Cucumariidae
Genus: Loisettea
Rowe & Pawson, 1985
Type species
Loisettea amphictena
Rowe & Pawson, 1985

Loisettea is a genus of sea cucumbers in the family Cucumariidae. It was first described in 1985. The genus name honours Loisette M. Marsh.

This genus differs from others in the subfamily Colochirinae in having body wall ossicles, which are deep complex cups, buttons, and large scales. Species of this genus are found off the north-western coasts of Australia, and off the Sunda Islands.

Species

The following two species are recognised in the genus Loisettea:

References

  1. ^ Paulay, Gustav (2013). "Loisettea Rowe & Pawson, 1985". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Australian Faunal Directory: Loisettea Rowe & Pawson, 1985". Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  3. ^ F.W.E. Rowe; D.L. Pawson (1985). "Loisettea amphictena, new genus, new species, from the sublittoral of northwestern Australia (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea)". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 98 (3): 672–677. ISSN 0006-324X. Wikidata Q111038696.
Taxon identifiers
Loisettea


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