Deimatidae is a family of
sea cucumbers
Sea cucumbers are echinoderms from the class Holothuroidea (). They are marine animals with a leathery skin and an elongated body containing a single, branched gonad. Sea cucumbers are found on the sea floor worldwide. The number of holothuria ...
belonging to the clade
Synallactida
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
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Genera
The following genera are recognised in the family Deimatidae:
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Deima
The Deyma (russian: link=no, Дейма; german: link=no, Deime; lt, link=no, Deimena) is a river in Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast. It separates from the Pregolya at Gvardeysk, flows through Polessk, and ends at the Curonian Lagoon. The Polessk Cana ...
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Théel, 1879
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Oneirophanta''
Théel, 1879
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Orphnurgus''
Théel, 1879
References
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Synallactida