Chiridota

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 Edwards, 1907
 * Chiridota aponocrita Clark, 1920
 * †Chiridota atava Waagen 1867
 * Chiridota carnleyensis Mortensen, 1925
 * Chiridota conceptacula Cherbonnier, 1963
 * Chiridota discolor Eschscholtz, 1829
 * Chiridota durbanensis Thandar, 1997
 * †Chirodota elegans Malagoli 1888 (Pliocene)
 * Chiridota exuga Cherbonnier, 1986
 * Chiridota fernandensis Ludwig, 1898
 * Chiridota ferruginea (Verrill, 1882)
 * Chiridota gigas Dendy & Hindle, 1907
 * Chiridota hawaiiensis Fisher, 1907
 * Chiridota heheva Pawson & Vance, 2004
 * †Chiridota heptalampra Bartenstein, 1936
 * Chiridota hydrothermica Smirnov & Gebruk, 2000
 * Chiridota impatiens Yamana & Tanaka, 2017
 * Chiridota intermedia Bedford, 1899
 * Chiridota kermadeca O'Loughlin & VandenSpiegel, 2012
 * Chiridota laevis (O. Fabricius, 1780)
 * Chiridota marenzelleri Perrier R., 1904
 * Chiridota nanaimensis Heding, 1928
 * Chiridota nigra Mortensen, 1925
 * Chiridota ochotensis Savel'eva, 1941
 * Chiridota orientalis Smirnov, 1981
 * Chiridota pacifica Heding, 1928
 * Chiridota peloria Deichmann, 1930
 * Chiridota pisanii Ludwig, 1887
 * Chiridota regalis Clark, 1908
 * Chiridota rigida Semper, 1867
 * Chiridota rotifera (Pourtalès, 1851)
 * Chiridota smirnovi Massin, 1996
 * Chiridota stuhlmanni Lampert, 1896
 * Chiridota tauiensis Savel'eva, 1941
 * †Cheirodota traquairii Etheridge 1881
 * Chiridota uniserialis Fisher, 1907
 * Chiridota violacea (J. Müller, 1849)