Taeniogyrus

Taeniogyrus
Taeniogyrus dendyi
Taeniogyrus dunedinensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Holothuroidea
Order: Apodida
Family: Chiridotidae
Genus: Taeniogyrus
Semper, 1867[1]
Type species
Chiridota australiana
Species

See Taxonomy

Taeniogyrus is a genus of sea cucumber in the family Chiridotidae.[1][2] Most species in the genus are primarily known from shallow water of the Indo-Pacific region, particularly from Australia, New Zealand, and Japan. Some species, however, have also been recorded in other areas, such as Antarctica, the Mediterranean Sea, or the South Atlantic Ocean.[3]

Taxonomy

The following species are recognised in the genus Taeniogyrus:[1]

  • T. albulus Yamana, Hirabayashi, Tanaka & Ogawa in Yamana et al., 2022
  • T. antarcticus Heding, 1931
  • T. australianus (Stimpson, 1855)
  • T. bamberi O'Loughlin in O'Loughlin et al., 2015
  • T. cidaridis Ohshima, 1915
  • T. clavus Heding, 1928
  • T. dayi Cherbonnier, 1952
  • T. dendyi (Mortensen, 1925)
  • T. diasemus (Clark, 1921)
  • T. dunedinensis (Parker, 1881)
  • T. flavus Yamana & Tanaka in Yamana et al., 2022
  • T. furcipraeditus (Salvini-Plawen, 1972)
  • T. havelockensis (Rao, 1975)
  • T. heterosigmus Heding, 1931
  • T. inexspectatus (Smirnov, 1989)
  • T. japonicus (von Marenzeller, 1882)
  • T. keiensis Heding, 1928
  • T. maculatus (Clark, 1921)
  • T. m. Yamana, Tanaka & Nakachi, 2017
  • T. neocaledonicus (Smirnov, 1997)
  • T. papillis O'Loughlin in O'Loughlin & VandenSpiegel, 2007
  • T. prydzi O'Loughlin & VandenSpiegel, 2010
  • T. purpureus (Lesson, 1830)
  • T. roebucki (Joshua, 1914)
  • T. roseus (Ohshima, 1914)
  • T. rubrus Yamana, Hirabayashi, Hirai, Dan & Ogawa in Yamana et al., 2022
  • T. tantulus O'Loughlin in O'Loughlin & VandenSpiegel, 2007
  • T. venustus (Semon, 1887)
  • T. verruculosus Yamana & Tanaka, 2017
  • T. yvonnae Moura, Campos & Esteves, 2015

References

  1. ^ a b c d WoRMS. "Taeniogyrus Semper, 1867". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2025-08-24.
  2. ^ Yamana, Yusuke; Tanaka, Hayato; Hirabayashi, Isao; Dan, Ichinosuke; Hirai, Atsushi; Ogawa, Akito (2022). "Three New Infaunal Species of Taeniogyrus (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Apodida: Chiridotidae: Taeniogyrinae) from Southern Coast of Wakayama, Japan". Species Diversity. 27 (1): 139–158. doi:10.12782/specdiv.27.139.
  3. ^ Moura, Rafael Bendayan De; Campos, Lúcia De Siqueira; Esteves, André Morgado (2015-06-13). "Hooked from the deep: a rare new species of Taeniogyrus (Holothuroidea, Chiridotidae) from the continental slope of Brazil, southwestern Atlantic". Zootaxa. 3972 (4): 535–548. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3972.4.5. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 26249509.