Synapta Eschscholtz 1829 (sea cucumber)

Holothuroidea - Apodida - Synaptidae

Full reference: F. Eschscholtz. 1829. Zoologischer Atlas; enthaltend Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neue Thierarten wahrend der Flottcapitains von Kotzebue zweiter Reise um die Welt 1823–26. Reimer, Berlin 2:1-13

Parent taxon: Synaptidae according to W. B. Clark and M. W. Twitchell 1915

See also Schlumberger 1888 and Schlumberger 1890

Sister taxa: Calcancora, Chiridota, Prosynapta, Pseudocaudina, Rigaudites

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Sample 14SW 3.5 - Prati di Stuores/Stuores Wiesen Section, Dolomites (Triassic of Italy)

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