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Dendrochirotida (Sea cucumbers)

Wikipedia Abstract

Dendrochirotida are an order of sea cucumbers. Members of this order have branched tentacles and are suspension feeders. Examples include Thyonella and Cucumaria.
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Family

Calclamnidae (101)
Cucumariidae (Sea cucumber) (326)
Cucumellidae (2)
Exlinellidae (3)
Heterothyonidae (4)
Monilipsolidae (1)
Paracucumidae (Sea cucumber) (5)
Phyllophoridae (Sea cucumber) (208)
Placothuriidae (3)
Priscopedatidae (96)
Psolidae (Sea cucumber) (134)
Rhopalodinidae (20)
Schlumbergeritidae (2)
Sclerodactylidae (Sea cucumber) (99)
Spinitidae (9)
Vaneyellidae (7)
Ypsilothuriidae (13)

Genus

Binoculites (8)
Costigerites (2)
Priscolongatus (2)
Punctatites (10)
Stichopitella (1)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0