original descriptionDüben, M.W. von; Koren, J. (1844). Om Holothuriernas Hudskelet. <em>Konglinga Svenska Vetenskapsakadmiens Handlingar 1844.</em> 211-228, pls. 4-5.[details]
original description(ofDuasmodactyla Ayres, 1852)Ayres, WO., 1852. Descriptions of Holothurians. Proceedings Boston Society of Natural History. 4: 207-208, 214-215, 243-247[details]
original description(ofEuthyonidium Deichmann, 1938)Deichmann, E. (1938). Eastern Pacific Expeditions of the New York Zoological Society. XVI. Holothurians from the western coasts of Lower California and Central America, and from the Galapagos Islands. <em>Zoologica, New York.</em> 23: 361-387.[details]
basis of recordHansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional sourceMadsen, F.J.; Hansen, B. (1994). Echinodermata Holothurioidea. <i>Marine invertebrates of Scandinavia</i>, 9. Scandinavian University Press: Oslo, Norway. ISBN 82-00-03936-6. 143 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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