Chiridota is a genus of sea cucumbers in the family Chiridotidae. It is an extant genus but some fossil species are known.
Taxonomy
The following species are recognised in the genus Chiridota:
- Chiridota albatrossii <small>Edwards, 1907</small>
- Chiridota aponocrita <small>Clark, 1920</small>
- â Chiridota atava <small>Waagen 1867</small>
- Chiridota carnleyensis <small>Mortensen, 1925</small>
- Chiridota conceptacula <small>Cherbonnier, 1963</small>
- Chiridota discolor <small>Eschscholtz, 1829</small>
- Chiridota durbanensis <small>Thandar, 1997</small>
- â Chirodota elegans <small>Malagoli 1888</small> (Pliocene)
- Chiridota exuga <small>Cherbonnier, 1986</small>
- Chiridota fernandensis <small>Ludwig, 1898</small>
- Chiridota ferruginea <small>(Verrill, 1882)</small>
- Chiridota gigas <small>Dendy & Hindle, 1907</small>
- Chiridota hawaiiensis <small>Fisher, 1907</small>
- â Chiridota heptalampra <small>Bartenstein, 1936</small>
- Chiridota hydrothermica <small>Smirnov & Gebruk, 2000</small>
- Chiridota impatiens <small>Yamana & Tanaka, 2017</small>
- Chiridota intermedia <small>Bedford, 1899</small>
- Chiridota kermadeca <small>O'Loughlin & VandenSpiegel, 2012</small>
- Chiridota laevis <small>(O. Fabricius, 1780)</small>
- Chiridota marenzelleri <small>Perrier R., 1904</small>
- Chiridota nanaimensis <small>Heding, 1928</small>
- Chiridota nigra <small>Mortensen, 1925</small>
- Chiridota ochotensis <small>Savel'eva, 1941</small>
- Chiridota orientalis <small>Smirnov, 1981</small>
- Chiridota pacifica <small>Heding, 1928</small>
- Chiridota peloria <small>Deichmann, 1930</small>
- Chiridota pisanii <small>Ludwig, 1887</small>
- Chiridota regalis <small>Clark, 1908</small>
- Chiridota rigida <small>Semper, 1867</small>
- Chiridota rotifera <small>(Pourtalès, 1851)</small>
- Chiridota smirnovi <small>Massin, 1996</small>
- Chiridota stuhlmanni <small>Lampert, 1896</small>
- Chiridota tauiensis <small>Savel'eva, 1941</small>
- â Cheirodota traquairii <small>Etheridge 1881</small>
- Chiridota uniserialis <small>Fisher, 1907</small>
- Chiridota violacea <small>(J. Müller, 1849)</small>
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