Chiridotidae Östergren, 1898

O’Loughlin, P. Mark & VandenSpiegel, Didier, 2010, A revision of Antarctic and some Indo-Pacific apodid sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Apodida), Memoirs of Museum Victoria 67, pp. 61-95 : 73

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https://doi.org/ 10.24199/j.mmv.2010.67.06

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12212328

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Chiridotidae Östergren, 1898
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Chiridotidae Östergren, 1898 View in CoL

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).

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