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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 485 | UNEP-WCMC 2003 UNEP-WCMC Species Database. http://www.unep-wcmc.org. | 2003 | Trochodota purpurea | --> |
| 833 | Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes 2004 Invertebrate Zoology. A functional evolutionary approach. 7th Ed. Brooks/Cole, Thomson Learning learning, Inc. 990 p. | 2004 | Trochodota purpurea | --> |
| 130707 | O'Loughlin, P.M. and D. VandenSpiegel 2010 A revision of Antarctic and some Indo-Pacific apodid sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Apodida). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 67:61-95. | 2010 | Trochodota purpurea | 65 |
| 3477 | MarineSpecies.org 2050 MarineSpecies.org. http://www.marinespecies.org/index.php | 2050 | Taeniogyrus purpureus | --> |