Chiridotidae Östergren, 1898

Pawson, David L. & Vance, Doris J., 2004, Chiridota heheva, new species, from Western Atlantic deepsea cold seeps and anthropogenic habitats (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Apodida), Zootaxa 534, pp. 1-12 : 2

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.157485
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6270258
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scientific name	Chiridotidae Östergren, 1898
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Treatment

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 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. (From Smirnov, 1998).