Three New Infaunal Species of <i>Taeniogyrus</i> (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Apodida: Chiridotidae: Taeniogyrinae) from Southern Coast of Wakayama, Japan

Three infaunal apodid sea cucumbers collected in Kushimoto, Shirahama, and Susami, the southern coast of Wakayama, Japan are described. They have different morphological characteristics body color, ossicle arrangement, internal organs, each other. First species, animal displays a large size (approximately 70–150 mm) pale color (semi-transparent pink with anterior tip brownish) was found out. Second small 20 (transparent yellow) whitish wheel-papillae on three dorsal interradii Third moderate 20–35 deep red or reddish brown dark yellowish All species having 10 tentacles, sigmoid-hook ossicles, wheel ossicles their wall, turned out to be belonging genus Taeniogyrus Semper, 1867, new science.