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Family: Chiridotidae (See list of species below)

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39 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Chiridota abyssicola []	No picture found Chiridota albatrossii []	No picture found Chiridota aponocrita []
No picture found Chiridota carnleyensis []	No picture found Chiridota discolor []	No picture found Chiridota durbanensis []
No picture found Chiridota hawaiiensis []	No picture found Chiridota heheva []	No picture found Chiridota hydrothermica []
No picture found Chiridota intermedia []	No picture found Chiridota laevis []	No picture found Chiridota liberata []
No picture found Chiridota orientalis []	No picture found Chiridota pacifica []	No picture found Chiridota pisanii [Red spotted worm sea cucumber]
No picture found Chiridota rigida []	No picture found Chiridota rotifera []	No picture found Chiridota smirnovi []
No picture found Chiridota stuhlmanni []	No picture found Chiridota uniserialis []	No picture found Chiridota violacea []
No picture found Paradota marionensis []	Paradota weddellensis []	No picture found Polycheira echinata []
No picture found Polycheira fusca []	No picture found Polycheira rufescens []	Sigmodota contorta []
No picture found Sigmodota magnibacula []	No picture found Taeniogyrus cidaridis []	No picture found Taeniogyrus clavus []
No picture found Taeniogyrus contortus []	No picture found Taeniogyrus dubius []	No picture found Taeniogyrus keiensis []
No picture found Taeniogyrus purpureus []	No picture found Trochodota dunedinensis []	No picture found Trochodota furcipraedita []
No picture found Trochodota inexpectata []	No picture found Trochodota neocaledonica []	No picture found Trochodota venusta []

39 Species of Family Chiridotidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Chiridota abyssicola		To be filled.
Chiridota albatrossii		Eastern Pacific	25 TL
Chiridota aponocrita		To be filled.
Chiridota carnleyensis		Southwest Pacific
Chiridota discolor		Arctic and Northern Pacif
Chiridota durbanensis		To be filled.
Chiridota hawaiiensis		Eastern Central Pacific
Chiridota heheva		Western Central Atlantic
Chiridota hydrothermica		Central Pacific	26 TL
Chiridota intermedia		Western Central Pacific
Chiridota laevis		Arctic, Northeast Pacific
Chiridota liberata		Western Central Pacific
Chiridota orientalis		To be filled.	9 TL
Chiridota pacifica		Eastern Pacific.
Chiridota pisanii	Red spotted worm sea cucumber	Southern Ocean.
Chiridota rigida		Indo-Pacific. Tropical a	5 TL
Chiridota rotifera		Western Atlantic	10 TL
Chiridota smirnovi		To be filled.
Chiridota stuhlmanni		Western Indian Ocean	6.8 TL
Chiridota uniserialis		To be filled.
Chiridota violacea		To be filled.
Paradota marionensis		Antarctic Indian Ocean	2 TL
Paradota weddellensis		Antarctic Atlantic
Polycheira echinata		To be filled.	15 TL
Polycheira fusca		Western Central Pacific
Polycheira rufescens		Western Pacific.
Sigmodota contorta		Antarctic Atlantic and In	5 TL
Sigmodota magnibacula		Antarctic.	10.5 TL
Taeniogyrus cidaridis		To be filled.	3.6 TL
Taeniogyrus clavus		To be filled.
Taeniogyrus contortus		Southwest Atlantic and An
Taeniogyrus dubius		To be filled.	3 TL
Taeniogyrus keiensis		To be filled.	3 TL
Taeniogyrus purpureus		Southwest Atlantic
Trochodota dunedinensis		To be filled.
Trochodota furcipraedita		Mediterranean Sea.	0.5 TL
Trochodota inexpectata		To be filled.	1.2 TL
Trochodota neocaledonica		Western Central Pacific
Trochodota venusta		Mediterranean Sea.

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