Chiridota kermadeca

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 kermadeca

Name

• Chiridota kermadeca O’Loughlin & VandenSpiegel, 2012
  • Authority for placement: original
  • Gender: Problematic! Presumably changeable (-us, -um, -a), but the original spelling may be incorrect for kermadecensis?
  • Original genus: Chiridota Eschscholtz, 1829
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: female
    • Repository: AMNZ as 'AIM MA73394'
  • Type locality: 'Kermadec Islands, Stawell Shoal, north of Stella Passage, 30.5297° S, 178.5594° W, 21–24 m, SCUBA'
  • ZooBank: 98874116-6054-43AA-857B-373CEA40D8D3

Primary 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.  [first availability, see p. 61, and figs. 1-2]