Family MOLPADIIDAE
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 Molpadiidae are a cosmopolitan family comprising two genera, one of which occurs in Australian waters. Three species are recognised in the Australian fauna.
This family is distinguished from Caudinidae in the order Molpadiida by the following combination of character states: body stout with a more or less posterior 'tail' like extension; tube feet absent; tentacles 15, short with one–three pairs of digits and a terminal digit; calcareous ossicles comprise tables, rods, perforated plates and rarely anchor forms; phosphatic bodies often present.
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
Pawson, D.L. 1963. The holothurian fauna of Cook Strait, New Zealand. Zoological Publications of the Victoria University, Wellington 36: 1-38 pls 1-7
Pawson, D.L. 1977. Molpadiid sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) of the southern Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Biology of the Antarctic Seas VI. Antarctic Research Series 3 26: 97-123 figs 1-8
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) |