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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Echinodermata (phylum) » Holothuroidea (class) » Apodida (order) » Chiridotidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 25 432013 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Chiridota pisanii Ludwig, 1886 |
Rank: | Species |
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Taxon Notes: | This species was recorded from Heard Island by O'Loughlin (2002), but the specimens were later re-determined as Taeniogyrus contortus. Chiridota pisanii is known from the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of South America and adjacent regions, but not from Antarctica proper, see O'Loughlin & Vandenspeigel, 2010. | ||
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Record source: | O'Loughlin, P.M., 2002. Report on selected species of BANZARE and ANARE Holothuroidea, with reviews of Meseres Ludwig and Heterocucumis Panning (Echinodermata)., Memoirs of Museum Victoria, Vol. 59(2): 297-325. |
Scientific Name verified against: | 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, Vol. 67: 61-95. |