Family CHIRIDOTIDAE
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
2001 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
1995 - F.W.E. Rowe & J. Gates, Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Introduction
The Chiridotidae are a cosmopolitan family of eight genera, including six from Australian waters. Seventeen species are recorded in the Australian fauna.
Chiridotids are similar to Synaptidae in the order Apodida, but are distinguished by the following combination of character states: body smooth or warty; ossicles comprise wheels with six spokes and curved or sigmoid rods, ossicles sometimes absent.
General References
Clark, H.L. 1907. The apodous holothurians. A monograph of the Synaptidae and Molpadiidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 35(1723): 1-231 pls 1-13
Clark, H.L. 1921. The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait. Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 10: 1-224, 38 pls
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 15-Sep-2023 | 11-Dec-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |