Chiridotidae Ostergren 1898

Chiridotidae Östergren, 1898 Diagnosis (Smirnov 1998). Synaptina with 10, 12 or 18 peltato-digitate, pinnate or bifurcate tentacles. Juveniles with bifurcate tentacles. Body wall ossicles wheels of chiridotid type and/or sigmoid hooks. Chiridotid type wheels with 6 spokes, numerous small denticles on inner side of rim and a complex hub; on lower side of each spoke a branch leans against the lower end of the hub forming a star structure. Ossicles in tentacles usually rods with branched ends. Subfamilies. Taeniogyrinae Smirnov, 1998; Chiridotinae Östergren, 1898 (sensu Smirnov 1998).