Chiridota
# 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)
