Chiridota
Genus of sea cucumbers
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Chiridota is a genus of sea cucumbers in the family Chiridotidae. It is an extant genus but some fossil species are known.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Holothuroidea |
| Order: | Apodida |
| Family: | Chiridotidae |
| Genus: | Chiridota Eschscholtz, 1829[1] |
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Taxonomy
The following species are recognised in the genus Chiridota:[2]
- Chiridota albatrossii Edwards, 1907
- Chiridota aponocrita Clark, 1920
- †Chiridota atava Waagen 1867[3]
- Chiridota carnleyensis Mortensen, 1925
- Chiridota conceptacula Cherbonnier, 1963
- Chiridota discolor Eschscholtz, 1829
- Chiridota durbanensis Thandar, 1997
- †Chirodota elegans Malagoli 1888 (Pliocene)[4]
- Chiridota exuga Cherbonnier, 1986
- Chiridota fernandensis Ludwig, 1898
- Chiridota ferruginea (Verrill, 1882)
- Chiridota gigas Dendy & Hindle, 1907
- Chiridota hawaiiensis Fisher, 1907
- †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[5]
- Chiridota uniserialis Fisher, 1907
- Chiridota violacea (J. Müller, 1849)
