Chiridota Explained
Chiridota is a genus of sea cucumbers in the family Chiridotidae. It is an extant genus but some fossil species are known.
Taxonomy
The following species are recognised in the genus Chiridota:[1]
- Chiridota albatrossii Edwards, 1907
- Chiridota aponocrita Clark, 1920
- †Chiridota atava Waagen 1867[2]
- Chiridota carnleyensis Mortensen, 1925
- Chiridota conceptacula Cherbonnier, 1963
- Chiridota discolor Eschscholtz, 1829
- Chiridota durbanensis Thandar, 1997
- †Chirodota elegans Malagoli 1888 (Pliocene)[3]
- Chiridota exuga Cherbonnier, 1986
- Chiridota fernandensis Ludwig, 1898
- Chiridota ferruginea (Verrill, 1882)
- Chiridota gigas Dendy & Hindle, 1907
- Chiridota hawaiiensis Fisher, 1907
- Chiridota heheva Pawson & Vance, 2004
- †Chiridota heptalampra Bartenstein, 1936
- Chiridota hydrothermica Smirnov & Gebruk, 2000
- Chiridota impatiens Yamana & Tanaka, 2017
- Chiridota intermedia Bedford, 1899
- Chiridota kermadeca O'Loughlin & VandenSpiegel, 2012
- Chiridota laevis (O. Fabricius, 1780)
- Chiridota marenzelleri Perrier R., 1904
- Chiridota nanaimensis Heding, 1928
- Chiridota nigra Mortensen, 1925
- Chiridota ochotensis Savel'eva, 1941
- Chiridota orientalis Smirnov, 1981
- Chiridota pacifica Heding, 1928
- Chiridota peloria Deichmann, 1930
- Chiridota pisanii Ludwig, 1887
- Chiridota regalis Clark, 1908
- Chiridota rigida Semper, 1867
- Chiridota rotifera (Pourtalès, 1851)
- Chiridota smirnovi Massin, 1996
- Chiridota stuhlmanni Lampert, 1896
- Chiridota tauiensis Savel'eva, 1941
- †Cheirodota traquairii Etheridge 1881[4]
- Chiridota uniserialis Fisher, 1907
- Chiridota violacea (J. Müller, 1849)
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Chiridota Eschscholtz, 1829. 2020-10-05. www.marinespecies.org. en.
- Web site: Fossilworks: Chiridota atava. 2020-10-05. fossilworks.org.
- Note paleontologiche sopra un Astrogonium e una Chirodota del pliocene. M Malagoli, 1888
- Web site: Fossilworks: Cheirodota traquairii. 2020-10-05. fossilworks.org.
