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Theelia undulata

Holothuroidea - Apodida - Chiridotidae

Taxonomy
Chirodota undulata was named by Schlumberger (1888). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is the type species of Theelia.

It was recombined as Chiridotites undulatus by Deflandre-Rigaud (1950), Deflandre-Rigaud (1952) and Deflandre-Rigaud (1962); it was recombined as Theelia undulata by Schlumberger (1890), Summerson and Campbell (1958), Zawidzka (1971), Mostler (1972), Soodan (1991), Gilliland (1992) and Reich and Wiese (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. venusta, T. zapfei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Chirodota undulata Schlumberger p. 439 figs. figs 6, 7
1890Theelia undulata Schlumberger p. 197 figs. figs 13, 14
1950Chiridotites undulatus Deflandre-Rigaud pp. 31-33 figs. figs 66-70, pl. 1 fig. 8
1952Chiridotites undulatus Deflandre-Rigaud p. 9
1958Theelia undulata Summerson and Campbell p. 968
1962Chiridotites undulatus Deflandre-Rigaud p. 92
1971Theelia undulata Zawidzka p. 442
1972Theelia undulata Mostler p. 25
1991Theelia undulata Soodan p. 128
1992Theelia undulata Gilliland p. 189
2010Theelia undulata Reich and Wiese p. 354

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Echinozoa()
classHolothuroidea()
orderApodida
familyChiridotidae
genusTheelia
speciesundulata()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Theelia undulata Schlumberger 1888
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available