Synallactida

Synallactida
Isostichopus badionotus, in family Stichopodidae
Scientific 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.[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]

• Deimatidae Théel, 1882 – 3 genera
• Stichopodidae Haeckel, 1896 – 9 genera
• Synallactidae Ludwig, 1894 – 12 genera
• Genus †Collbatothuria Smith & Gallemí, 1991
• Genus †Tribrachiodemas Reich, 2010

• 
  Apostichopus californicus
• 
  Australostichopus mollis
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  Isostichopus badionotus
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  Stichopus chloronotus
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  Isostichopus fuscus
• 
  Thelenota anax

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.