''Chiridota'' is a genus of sea cucumbers in the family
Chiridotidae
Chiridotidae is a family of sea cucumbers found in the order Apodida. Within the family, there are 16 recognized genera all with different ranges of body types and functions. Sea cucumbers play a fundamental role in many marine ecosystems.
Des ...
. It is an extant genus but some fossil species are known.
Taxonomy
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Chiridota'':
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Chiridota albatrossii''
Edwards, 1907
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Chiridota aponocrita''
Clark, 1920
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Chiridota atava''
Waagen 1867
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Chiridota carnleyensis''
Mortensen, 1925
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Chiridota conceptacula''
Cherbonnier, 1963
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Chiridota discolor''
Eschscholtz, 1829
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Chiridota durbanensis''
Thandar, 1997
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Chirodota elegans''
Malagoli 1888 (Pliocene)
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Chiridota exuga''
Cherbonnier, 1986
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Chiridota fernandensis''
Ludwig, 1898
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Chiridota ferruginea''
(Verrill, 1882)
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Chiridota gigas''
Dendy & Hindle, 1907
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Chiridota hawaiiensis''
Fisher, 1907
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Chiridota heheva
''Chiridota heheva'' is a species of sea cucumber in the family Chiridotidae. The species is found in the Western Atlantic Ocean, in deeper regions and cold seeps. It was described by Pawson and Vance in 2004.
References
Chiridotidae
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Pawson & Vance, 2004
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Chiridota heptalampra''
Bartenstein, 1936
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Chiridota hydrothermica''
Smirnov & Gebruk, 2000
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Chiridota impatiens''
Yamana & Tanaka, 2017
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Chiridota intermedia''
Bedford, 1899
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Chiridota kermadeca''
O'Loughlin & VandenSpiegel, 2012
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Chiridota laevis''
(O. Fabricius, 1780)
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Chiridota marenzelleri''
Perrier R., 1904
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Chiridota nanaimensis''
Heding, 1928
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Chiridota nigra''
Mortensen, 1925
* ''
Chiridota ochotensis''
Savel'eva, 1941
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Chiridota orientalis''
Smirnov, 1981
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Chiridota pacifica''
Heding, 1928
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Chiridota peloria''
Deichmann, 1930
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Chiridota pisanii''
Ludwig, 1887
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Chiridota regalis''
Clark, 1908
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Chiridota rigida''
Semper, 1867
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Chiridota rotifera''
(Pourtalès, 1851)
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Chiridota smirnovi''
Massin, 1996
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Chiridota stuhlmanni''
Lampert, 1896
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Chiridota tauiensis''
Savel'eva, 1941
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Cheirodota traquairii''
Etheridge 1881
* ''
Chiridota uniserialis''
Fisher, 1907
* ''
Chiridota violacea''
(J. Müller, 1849)
References
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''Chiridota''at the
World Register of Marine Species
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