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The Synallactidae are a
family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
of
sea cucumber 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 ...
s, part of the order
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 Syn ...
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Genera

* '' Allopatides'' Koehler & Vaney, 1905 * '' Amphigymnas'' Walsh, 1891 * '' Bathyplotes'' Östergren, 1896 * '' Capheira'' Ludwig, 1893 * '' Dendrothuria'' Koehler & Vaney, 1905 * '' Galatheathuria'' Hansen & Madsen, 1956 * '' Paelopatides'' Théel, 1886 * '' Pseudothuria'' Koehler & Vaney, 1905 * '' Scotothuria'' Hansen, 1978 * '' Synallactes'' Ludwig, 1894


References

Synallactida Echinoderm families {{Holothuroidea-stub