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Theelia

Holothuroidea - Apodida - Chiridotidae

Taxonomy
Theelia was named by Schlumberger (1890) [Sepkoski's age data: C Bash R Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is extant. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Chirodota undulata. It is the type genus of Theeliidae. It was considered polyphyletic by Gilliland (1992) and Gilliland (1993).

It was synonymized subjectively with Chiridotites by Deflandre-Rigaud (1957).

It was assigned to Apoda by Schlumberger (1890); to Theelidae by Summerson and Campbell (1958) and Górka and Luszczewska (1969); to Theeliidae by Said and Barakat (1958), Frizzell and Exline (1966), Garbowska and Wierzbowski (1967), Speckmann (1968), Zawidzka (1971), Kozur and Mostler (1971), Mostler (1971), Mostler (1972), Kristan-Tollmann (1972), Mostler and Parwin (1973), Mostler and Rahimi-Yazd (1976), Soodan and Whatley (1988), Kozur and Mostler (1989), Kozur and Sadeddin (1990), Soodan (1991), Henderson et al. (1992) and Krainer and Mostler (1997); to Apodida by Gilliland (1992), Gilliland (1993) and Sepkoski (2002); and to Chiridotidae by Reich and Wiese (2010).

Species
T. alta, T. alveata, T. anguinea, T. conglobata, T. convexa (syn. Chiridota heptalampra), T. crassidentata, T. dentata, T. doreckae, T. dzhulfaensis, T. fastigata, T. fissa, T. florida, T. guembeli, T. hexacneme, T. immissorbicula (syn. T. subcirculata, T. thalattocanthoides), T. koeveskalensis, T. kutscheri, T. lata, T. latimarginata, T. liassica, T. liptovskaensis, T. loferensis, T. mesopermiana, T. monicae, T. mortenseni, T. multiplex, T. multiundulata, T. norica, T. petasiformis, T. planata, T. polydenticulata, T. praeacuta, T. praenorica, T. praeseniradiata, T. pseudoplanata, T. seniradiata, T. serta, T. sinaiensis, T. speciosa, T. staurolithensis, T. stellifera, T. synapta, T. teneromarginata, T. trammeri, T. undata, T. undulata, T. variabilis, T. wartensis, T. zawidzkae
Species lacking formal opinion data
T. venusta, T. zapfei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Theelia Schlumberger p. 197
1958Theelia Said and Barakat p. 270
1958Theelia Summerson and Campbell p. 968
1966Theelia Frizzell and Exline p. U668
1967Theelia Garbowska and Wierzbowski p. 532
1968Theelia Speckmann p. 204
1969Theelia Górka and Luszczewska p. 378
1971Theelia Kozur and Mostler p. 29
1971Theelia Mostler p. 17
1971Theelia Zawidzka p. 442
1972Theelia Kristan-Tollmann p. 130
1972Theelia Mostler p. 25
1973Theelia Mostler and Parwin p. 40
1976Theelia Mostler and Rahimi-Yazd p. 15
1988Theelia Soodan and Whatley p. 124
1989Theelia Kozur and Mostler p. 680
1990Theelia Kozur and Sadeddin p. 362
1991Theelia Soodan p. 127
1992Theelia Gilliland p. 189
1992Theelia Henderson et al. p. 13
1993Theelia Gilliland p. 122
1997Theelia Krainer and Mostler p. 9
2002Theelia Sepkoski
2010Theelia Reich and Wiese p. 354

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

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.

G. Theelia Schlumberger 1890
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†Theelia alta Speckmann 1968
†Theelia alveata Mostler and Rahimi-Yazd 1976
†Theelia anguinea Mostler 1971
†Theelia conglobata Mostler 1971
†Theelia convexa Whidborne 1883
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Invalid names: Chiridota heptalampra Bartenstein 1936 [synonym]
†Theelia crassidentata Deflandre-Rigaud 1950
†Theelia dentata Górka and Luszczewska 1969
†Theelia doreckae Kozur and Mostler 1971
†Theelia dzhulfaensis Mostler and Rahimi-Yazd 1976
†Theelia fastigata Mostler 1972
†Theelia fissa Mostler 1971
†Theelia florida Frizzell and Exline 1955
†Theelia guembeli Kristan-Tollmann 1963
†Theelia hexacneme Summerson and Campbell 1958
†Theelia immissorbicula Mostler 1968
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Invalid names: Theelia subcirculata Mostler 1968 [synonym], Theelia thalattocanthoides Mostler 1968 [synonym]
†Theelia koeveskalensis Kozur and Mostler 1971
†Theelia kutscheri Reich 2003
†Theelia lata Kozur and Mostler 1971
†Theelia latimarginata Mostler 1971
†Theelia liassica Krainer and Mostler 1997
†Theelia liptovskaensis Gazdzicki et al. 1978
†Theelia loferensis Mostler 1994
†Theelia mesopermiana Kozur and Mostler 1989
†Theelia monicae Mostler and Rahimi-Yazd 1976
†Theelia mortenseni Deflandre-Rigaud 1950
†Theelia multiplex Speckmann 1968
†Theelia multiundulata Mostler 1994
†Theelia norica Mostler 1969
†Theelia petasiformis Kristan-Tolmann 1964
†Theelia planata Mostler 1968
†Theelia polydenticulata Mostler and Parwin 1973
†Theelia praeacuta Mostler and Rahimi-Yazd 1976
†Theelia praenorica Kozur and Mock 1972
†Theelia praeseniradiata Kozur and Mock 1972
†Theelia pseudoplanata Kozur and Mock 1972
†Theelia seniradiata Zankl 1966
†Theelia serta Speckmann 1968
†Theelia sinaiensis Said and Barakat 1958
†Theelia speciosa Deflandre-Rigaud 1946
†Theelia staurolithensis Kristan-Tollmann 1972
†Theelia stellifera Zankl 1966
†Theelia stellifera bistellata Kozur and Mock 1972
†Theelia synapta Gilliland 1992
†Theelia teneromarginata Mostler 1971
†Theelia trammeri Gazdzicki et al. 1978
†Theelia undata Mostler 1968
†Theelia undulata Schlumberger 1888
†Theelia variabilis Zankl 1966
†Theelia variabilis slovakensis Kozur and Mock 1972
†Theelia wartensis Garbowska and Wierzbowski 1967
†Theelia zawidzkae Kozur and Mock 1972
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available