Polycheira

Polycheira rufescens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Apodida

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata 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: Polycheira
Species (3): P. echinata – P. nusalaut – P. rufescens

• In synonymy (2): P. fusca – P. vitiensis
  

Name

Polycheira H.L. Clark, 1908

• ZooBank: 10BCD774-5D98-41FD-AC90-2DEE9918F5E9

• Type species: Chiridota rufescens Brandt, 1835, by monotypy.

Synonymy

• Polycheira H.L. Clark, 1908: 120; — Heding, 1928: 305–306.

References

• Clark, H.L. 1908 [1907]. The apodous holothurians : a monograph of the Synaptidæ and Molpadiidæ, including a report on the representatives of these families in the collections of the United States National Museum. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. 35(1732): 1–231. BHL Reference page. 
• Heding, S.G. 1928. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914—16. XLVI. Synaptidæ. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 85: 105–323. BHL. Reference page. 

Links

• Polycheira H.L. Clark, 1908 in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on June 11, 2026

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