Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Echinozoa > Class Holothuroidea > Subclass Paractinopoda > Order Apodida

Chiridotidae Östergren, 1898

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Chiridota Eschscholtz, 1829
Paradota Ludwig & Heding, 1935
Taeniogyrus Semper, 1867

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: クルマナマコ科

Literature

original description	Östergren, H. (1898). Das System der Synaptiden. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar. 55: 111-120.
basis of record	Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351.
additional source	Madsen, F.J.; Hansen, B. (1994). Echinodermata Holothurioidea. Marine invertebrates of Scandinavia, 9. Scandinavian University Press: Oslo, Norway. ISBN 82-00-03936-6. 143 pp.
identification resource	Clark, H. L. (1908). The apodous holothurians. A monograph of the Synaptidae and Molpadiidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. 35(1732): 1-231.
identification resource	O'Loughlin, P.M.; VandenSpiegel, D. (2010). A revision of Antarctic and some Indo-Pacific apodid sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Apodida). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 67: 61-95.