First record of genus Paradota Ludwig & Heding in New Zealand waters and description of a new species (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Synaptida) Author Davey, Nicola text Memoirs of Museum Victoria 2014 2014-01-12 72 1 4 journal article 10.24199/j.mmv.2014.72.01 1447-2554 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D1C46632-6FD0-4C8B-9A48-5D88C5B49642 Family Chiridotidae Østergren, 1898 Diagnosis ( Smirnov, 2012 ). “ Synaptina with 10, 12 or 18 peltato_digitate, pinnate, or secondarily simple tentacles with forked terminations. Ossicles: chiridotid wheels and/or sigmoids. Chiridotid wheels with six spokes, numerous small denticles on the inner rim and complex hub. The lower side of each spoke branches toward lower side of the egg-shaped hub to form a star-shaped structure in the centre. The tentacles and the body wall also contain rod-like ossicles with branching ends.”