Synallactida

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Synallactida
Three-Rowed Sea Cucumber.jpg
Isostichopus badionotus , in family Stichopodidae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Holothuroidea
Order: Synallactida
Miller, Kerr, Paulay, Reich, Wilson, Carvajal & Rouse, 2017
Families

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Synallactida is a rankless clade of sea cucumbers, but is referred to as an order. [1] Taxa within Synallactida were previously classified in an order called Aspidochirotida, which was determined to be polyphyletic in 2017. [2]

List of families

Synallactida includes over 130 species in three extant families and two extinct genera: [3]

References

  1. ↑ Paulay, Gustav (2017). "Synallactida". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  2. ↑ Paulay, Gustav (2017). "Aspidochirotida". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  3. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2020-12-15.


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