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(Redirected from Aspidochirotida) Clade of sea cucumbers

Synallactida
Isostichopus badionotus, in family Stichopodidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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. Taxa within Synallactida were previously classified in an order called Aspidochirotida, which was determined to be polyphyletic in 2017.

List of families

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

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.
Taxon identifiers
Synallactida


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