Species Chiridota gigas Dendy & Hindle, 1907

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Species Chiridota gigas Dendy & Hindle, 1907

Chiridota gigas Dendy, A. & Hindle, E. 1907. Some additions to our knowledge of the New Zealand holothurians. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology Zool. 30: 95-125 figs A-C pls 11-14 [110, pl. 12(9-11)] [as Chirodota gigas].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown (whereabouts undetermined), Chatham Ils.
Chiridota magna Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [556, fig. 63].
Type data:
Holotype AM J5985, off Sow and Pigs Reef, Port Jackson, NSW.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Rowe, F.W.E. in Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Echinodermata. In, Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia xiii 510 pp. [Date published 30 May 1995] (following re-examination of holotype of Chiridota magna Clark, 1938 and comparison of specimens of Chiridota gigas Dendy & Hindle, 1907)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Collaroy, NSW to southeastern Tas; southwest Pacific Ocean. Depth range shallow to 11 m.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Lower E coast, Tas. Coast
Southwest Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, deposit feeder, detritivore, inshore, temperate.

General References

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (also as Chiridota magna H.L. Clark, 1938)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023		11-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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