Chiridotidae Östergren, 1898

Pawson, David L., 2004, Ovalidota milleri, a new genus and species of bathyal sea cucumber from the Caribbean Sea (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Apodida), Zootaxa 561, pp. 1-6 : 2

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.157747
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6271814
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scientific name	Chiridotidae Östergren, 1898
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Family Chiridotidae Östergren, 1898 View in CoL

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).