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

Dendrochirotida Grube, 1840

Rank: Order
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Order group names

*Dactylochirotida*	Pawson & Fell, 1965	synonym

Children

Cucumariidae Ludwig, 1894
Heterothyonidae Pawson, 1970
Phyllophoridae Östergren, 1907
Psolidae Burmeister, 1837
Sclerodactylidae Panning, 1949
Ypsilothuriidae Heding, 1942

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: 樹手目

Literature

original description	Grube, A.E. (1840). Actinien, Echinodermen und Würmer des Adriatischen- und Mittelmeers nach eigenen Sammlungen beschrieben. Königsberg: J.H. Bon. 92 pp., 12 figs.
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.