Sigmodota Studer, 1876

O’Loughlin, P. Mark, Mackenzie, Melanie, Vandenspiegel, Didier & Griffiths, Huw, 2015, New taeniogyrinid species of sea cucumber from the Weddell Sea (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Synaptida), Zootaxa 3995 (1), pp. 271-283 : 274

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3995.1.23
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:DE17D76A-5B4A-4810-9757-ADDAF86B2A84
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6096650
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scientific name	Sigmodota Studer, 1876
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Diagnosis ( O’Loughlin & VandenSpiegel 2010). Taeniogyrinid genus with 12 plates in calcareous ring, 12 tentacles, peltato-digitate, 4–7 pairs of digits per tentacle, terminal pair longest; rods in tentacles; chiridotid wheels and sigmoid hooks in body wall; teeth on the inner rim of wheels in continuous series; wheels grouped into papillae, hooks scattered in body wall; no miliary granules in longitudinal muscles; 3–10 polian vesicles; ciliated funnels present.