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

Familia: Cucumariidae
Genus: Paraleptopentacta
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]

Paraleptopentacta is a genus of sea cucumbers within the family Cucumariidae.[1] Members of this genus can be found distributed around marine European waters in the Mediterranean Sea, North Sea, and the eastern Atlantic Ocean.[2]
Species

Paraleptopentacta cucumis (Risso, 1826)
Paraleptopentacta djakonovi (Baranova & Saveleva, 1972)
Paraleptopentacta elongata (Düben & Koren, 1846)
Paraleptopentacta tergestina (Sars, 1859)

References

"WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Paraleptopentacta Mezali, Thandar & Khodja, 2020". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
"Paraleptopentacta Mezali, Thandar & Khodja, 2020". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2024-03-31.

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