Table 1 in First record of genus Paradota Ludwig & Heding in New Zealand waters and description of a new species (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Synaptida)

Table 1. Morphological characters for all species in the Paradota genus.
LocationTentacle ossicle rod shapeMiliary granule presentColour (preserved)Polian vesicle numberDepth of occurrenceNumber of tentacle digits (each side)Tentacle rod lengthParadota ingolfi Ludwig and Heding, 1935European and American North Atlantic CoastcurvedNot mentionedPale body with darker tentacles (no specific colour given)>11750 m7–9200 µ mParadota weddellensis Gutt, 1990AntarcticacurvedNoPale red/violet>1646–661 m5–760 µ mParadota marionensis Massin, 1992Southern Indian Ocean.‘C’ shapedNoPurplish-white/ Opaque1237–243 m5–750–100 µ mParadota plentyensis sp. nov.New ZealandstraightYesDark purple>11182 m4–570 µ m