Synaptula
| Synaptula | |
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| Synaptula cf. lamperti (sea cucumber) on Plakortis sp. (chicken liver sponge) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Holothuroidea |
| Order: | Apodida |
| Family: | Synaptidae |
| Genus: | Synaptula Oersted, 1849 |
Synaptula is a genus of sea cucumbers, in the family Synaptidae.
This genus contains many species, most of them whitish, often associated with sponges. However, they are extremely difficult to identify from sight, and many tropical Indo-Pacific are referred to as Synaptula lamperti, which is often the only species named by touristic guides.
List of species[]
The genus contains the following species:[1]
- Heding, 1928
- Heding, 1928
- Heding, 1928
- Heding, 1928
- Heding, 1928
- (Lesueur, 1824)
- (Semper, 1867)
- Heding, 1928
- (Sluiter, 1887)
- Synaptula lamperti Heding, 1928
- (H. L. Clark, 1938)
- (Sluiter, 1887)
- Heding, 1928
- Cherbonnier & Féral, 1984
- Heding, 1928
- Heding, 1929
- Heding, 1928
- (Sluiter, 1887)
- (Forskal, 1775)
- Synaptula recta (Semper, 1867)
- (Semper, 1867)
- Heding, 1928
- Heding, 1928
- Ancona Lopez, 1957
- Massin & Tomascik, 1996
- Heding, 1928
- (Nair, 1946)
- Heding, 1928
- (Sluiter, 1901)
Unidentified Synaptula
References[]
- ^ Hans Hansson (2010). "Synaptula Oersted, 1849". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved April 11, 2011.
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