Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Echinozoa > Class Holothuroidea > Subclass Paractinopoda

Apodida Brandt, 1835

Rank: Order
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Chiridotidae Östergren, 1898
Myriotrochidae Théel, 1877
Synaptidae Burmeister, 1837

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: 無足目

Literature

original description	Brandt, J. F. (1835). Echinodermata ordo Holothurina. In: Prodromus Descriptionis Animalium ab H. Mertensio in Orbis Terrarum Circumnavigatione Observatorum. Fasc. I: 75 pps. Petropoli. pp. 42-62.
basis of record	Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351.