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Chiridotidae Ostergren 1898

Description

Chiridotidae Östergren, 1898

Diagnosis (Smirnov 1998). Synaptina with 10, 12 or 18 peltato-digitate, pinnate or bifurcate tentacles. Juveniles with bifurcate tentacles. Body wall ossicles wheels of chiridotid type and/or sigmoid hooks. Chiridotid type wheels with 6 spokes, numerous small denticles on inner side of rim and a complex hub; on lower side of each spoke a branch leans against the lower end of the hub forming a star structure. Ossicles in tentacles usually rods with branched ends.

Subfamilies. Taeniogyrinae Smirnov, 1998; Chiridotinae Östergren, 1898 (sensu Smirnov 1998).

Notes

Published as part of O'Loughlin, P. Mark & VandenSpiegel, Didier, 2010, A revision of Antarctic and some Indo-Pacific apodid sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Apodida), pp. 61-95 in Memoirs of Museum Victoria 67 on page 73, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2010.67.06, http://zenodo.org/record/12212210

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Biodiversity

Family
Chiridotidae
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Apodida
Phylum
Echinodermata
Scientific name authorship
Ostergren
Taxon rank
family
Taxonomic concept label
Chiridotidae Ostergren, 1898 sec. O'Loughlin & VandenSpiegel, 2010

References

  • Smirnov, A. V. 1998. On the classification of the apodid holothurians. Pp. 517 - 522 in: Mooi, R. and Telford, M. (eds). Echinoderms: San Francisco. Proceedings of the Ninth International Echinoderm Conference. Balkema: Rotterdam.