Sigmodota Studer 1876
- Dataset
- New taeniogyrinid species of sea cucumber from the Weddell Sea (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Synaptida)
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Echinodermata
- class
- Holothuroidea
- order
- Apodida
- family
- Chiridotidae
- genus
- Sigmodota
diagnosis
Diagnosis (O’Loughlin & VandenSpiegel 2010). Taeniogyrinid genus with 12 plates in calcareous ring, 12 tentacles, peltato-digitate, 4 – 7 pairs of digits per tentacle, terminal pair longest; rods in tentacles; chiridotid wheels and sigmoid hooks in body wall; teeth on the inner rim of wheels in continuous series; wheels grouped into papillae, hooks scattered in body wall; no miliary granules in longitudinal muscles; 3 – 10 polian vesicles; ciliated funnels present.
Name
- Homonyms
- Sigmodota Studer 1876
- Sigmodota