Chiridota mortenseni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Apodida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa 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
Synonym?: Chiridota mortenseni

Name

• Chiridota mortenseni Pawson, 1962
  • Authority for placement: fide WoRMS, but mentioned as a valid species by O’Loughlin & VandenSpiegel (2012: 63)
  • Gender: unchangeable [patronym]
  • Original genus: Chiridota Eschscholtz, 1829
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated and unique
    • Description:
    • Repository: MONZ, as 'Dominion Museum, Wellington, New Zealand'
  • Type locality: 'Little Papanui, Otago, New Zealand', 'lowtide level'
  • ZooBank: 5A2DFCC1-9804-4595-9E71-F049CBAAC610

Primary references

• Pawson, D.L. 1962: Chiridota mortenseni n.sp., a new apodous holothurian from New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, zoology 2(10): 61–64. Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 61, and figs. 1-5]

References

• O’Loughlin, P.M. & VandenSpiegel, D. 2012. Sea cucumbers collected by the Kermadec Biodiscovery Expedition 2011 (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Apodida and Dendrochirotida). Zootaxa 3515: 60–66. Preview PDF Reference page.