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 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)