Family CUCUMARIIDAE
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 Cucumariidae are a large cosmopolitan family of some 58 genera. Twenty-five genera are recorded in the Australian fauna, represented by 54 species.
This family, in the order Dendrochirotida, is distinguished from others by the following combination of character states: tentacles 10–30; calcareous ring simple, more or less ribbon like, or at least without posterior prolongations on the radial plates; and ossicles diverse, including perforated plates, tables, nodular plates, baskets.
General References
Panning, A. 1949. Versuch einer Neuordnung der Familie Cucumariidae. Zoologische Jahrbücher 78: 404-470 figs 1-62
Pawson, D.L. & Fell, H.B. 1965. A revised classification of the dendrochirote holothurians. Breviora. Museum of Comparative Zoology 214: 1-7
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) |