Holothuroidea - Aspidochirotida - Synallactidae
Full reference: H. L. Ludwig. 1894. The Holothurioidea. XII. Report 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 US. Fish Commission Steamer ALBATROSS during 1891, Lt. ZL. Tanner USN. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 17(3):1-183
Parent taxon: Aspidochirotida according to M. Reich 2010
See also Boczarowski 2001, Frizzell and Exline 1966, Gilliland 1993, Kerr and Kim 2001, Pawson 1966 and Rowe and Gates 1995
Sister taxa: Bathysynactites, Collbatothuria, Holothuriidae, Holothuropsis, Ornaticannula, Parvispina, Stichopodidae
Subtaxa: Bracchiothuria Tribrachiodemas
Ecology: epifaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution: