Chiridotidae Östergren, 1898

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Family Chiridotidae Östergren, 1898

Diagnosis: Synaptina with 10, 12, or 18 peltato­digitate, pinnate, or bifurcate tentacles. Juveniles with bifurcate tentacles. Body wall ossicles wheels of chiridotid type and/or sigmoid hooks. Chiridotid type wheels with six 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. (From Smirnov, 1998).