Chiridota heheva is a species of sea cucumber in the family Chiridotidae. The species is known from deeper regions in the Western Atlantic Ocean, but has a cosmopolitan distribution. It was described by Pawson and Vance in 2004.[1][2][3] It occupies all three types of chemosynthetic ecosystems; hydrothermal vents, cold seeps, and organic fall. Unlike many other animals in similar environments, they do not host chemosynthetic bacteria.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Holothuroidea |
| Order: | Apodida |
| Family: | Chiridotidae |
| Genus: | Chiridota |
| Species: | C. heheva
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| Chiridota heheva Pawson & Vance, 2004
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References
edit- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Chiridota heheva Pawson & Vance, 2004". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
- ^ Pawson, David L.; Vance, Doris J. (2004-06-11). "Chiridota heheva, new species, from Western Atlantic deep-sea cold seeps and anthropogenic habitats (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Apodida)". Zootaxa. 534 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.534.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
- ^ Thomas, Elin A.; Sigwart, Julia D.; Helyar, Sarah J. (2022). "New evidence for a cosmopolitan holothurian species at deep-sea reducing environments". Marine Biodiversity. 52 (6): 63. Bibcode:2022MarBd..52...63T. doi:10.1007/s12526-022-01298-w.
- ^ Zhang, Long; He, Jian; Tan, Peipei; Gong, Zhen; Qian, Shiyu; Miao, Yuanyuan; Zhang, Han-Yu; Tu, Guangxian; Chen, Qi; Zhong, Qiqi; Han, Guanzhu; He, Jianguo; Wang, Muhua (2022). "The genome of an apodid holothuroid (Chiridota heheva) provides insights into its adaptation to a deep-sea reducing environment". Communications Biology. 5 (1): 1–11. doi:10.1038/s42003-022-03176-4. ISSN 2399-3642. PMC 8913654.
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