Chiridota gigas

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Apodida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Holothuroidea Subclassis: Apodacea Ordo: Apodida

Familia: Chiridotidae
Genus: Chiridota
Species: Chiridota gigas
In synonymy (2): C. magna – C. mortenseni

Name

• Chiridota gigas Dendy & Hindle, 1907

Synonymy

• Chiridota magna H.L. Clark, 1938
  • Type locality: Australia, New South Wales, Port Jackson, off Sow and Pigs Reef. Depth 6 fms.
  • Holotype: AM J5985
• Chiridota mortenseni Pawson, 1962
• Chirodota gigas Dendy & Hindle, 1907

References

• Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 55: 1–597, 28 pls. BHL Reference page.  [as Chiridota gigas p. 555] [as Chiridota magna p. 556 (original description)]
• Hickman, V.V. 1962. Tasmanian sea-cucumbers (Holothuroidea). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 96: 49–72. BHL. Reference page.  [as Chiridota gigas p. 68–69, pl. 2(11), textfigs. 155-166]