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

Synallactidae Ludwig, 1894

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Bathyplotes Östergren, 1896
Dendrothuria Koehler & Vaney, 1905
Paelopatides Théel, 1886
Scotothuria Hansen, 1978
Synallactes Ludwig, 1894

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ミツマタナマコ科 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Swedish: slangsjögurkor

Literature

original description	Ludwig, H. (1894). The Holothurioidea. In: Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer "Albatross," during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z. L. Tanner, U. S. N., commanding. XII. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College. 17(3): 183 pp., 19 pls.
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.
identification resource	Deichmann, E. (1930). The holothurians of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College. 71(3): 43-226, pls. 221-224.