A revision of Antarctic and some Indo-Pacific apodid sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Apodida) Author O’Loughlin, P. Mark Author VandenSpiegel, Didier text Memoirs of Museum Victoria 2010 2010-12-31 67 61 95 https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-67-2010/pages-61-95/ journal article 10.24199/j.mmv.2010.67.06 1447-2554 12212210 5A8C650E-A34A-4072-A797-0A75D218DD7C Chiridotidae Östergren, 1898 Diagnosis ( Smirnov 1998 ) . Synaptina with 10, 12 or 18 peltato-digitate, pinnate or bifurcate tentacles. Juveniles with bifurcate tentacles. Body wall ossicles wheels of chiridotid type and/or sigmoid hooks. Chiridotid type wheels with 6 spokes, numerous small denticles on inner side of rim and a complex hub; on lower side of each spoke a branch leans against the lower end of the hub forming a star structure. Ossicles in tentacles usually rods with branched ends. Subfamilies. Taeniogyrinae Smirnov, 1998 ; Chiridotinae Östergren, 1898 (sensu Smirnov 1998 ).