Chiridota gigas
creator: Appeltans, Ward
creator: Paulay, Gustav
date: 2026-08-30
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Chiridota gigas Dendy & Hindle, 1907
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: WoRMS (2026). Chiridota gigas Dendy & Hindle, 1907. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=241794 on 2026-08-30
created: 2007-07-05T12:43:18Z
modified: 2010-10-14T16:30:08Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Chiridota gigas Dendy & Hindle, 1907
class: Holothuroidea
family: Chiridotidae
genus: Chiridota
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Dendy, A.: Hindle, E. (1907). Some Additions to our Knowledge of the New Zealand Holothurians. Journal of the Linnean Society of London (Zoology). 30(169): 95-125, pls. 11-14.
name published in: Clark, H. L. (1938). Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoöology at Harvard College. 55: 1-597, 28 pls.
name published in: Pawson, D. L. (1962). Chiridota mortenseni n. sp. a new apodous holothurian from New Zealand. Trans. roy. Soc. N.Z. (Zool.) 2: 61-64.
name published in year: 1907
name published in year: 1938
name published in year: 1962
order: Apodida
parent name usage ID: 123438
phylum: Echinodermata
scientific name authorship: Dendy & Hindle, 1907
specific epithet: gigas
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted