Pearsonothuria
| Pearsonothuria graeffei | |
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| Pearsonothuria graeffei in the Maldives | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Holothuroidea |
| Order: | Holothuriida |
| Family: | Holothuriidae |
| Genus: | Pearsonothuria Levin, 1984 |
| Species: | P. graeffei |
| Binomial name | |
| Pearsonothuria graeffei Semper, 1868 | |
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Pearsonothuria is a genus of sea cucumbers in the family Holothuriidae. Pearsonothuria graeffei is the only species in the genus. Graeffe's sea cucumber is found in the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean and the type locality is Viti Island, Fiji. It is named after Eduard Heinrich Graeffe, Semper's coworker at the Museum Godeffroy.