Rhopalodinidae 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 holothurian ...
belonging to the order
Dendrochirotida
Dendrochirotida are an order of sea cucumbers. Members of this order have branched tentacles and are suspension feeders. Examples include '' Thyonella'' and ''Cucumaria''.
Characteristics
Holothurians in this order are characterised by ten to thi ...
.
Genera:
* ''
Rhopalodina''
Gray, 1853
* ''
Rhopalodinaria''
Cherbonnier, 1970
* ''
Rhopalodinopsis''
Heding, 1937
References
Dendrochirotida
Echinoderm families
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