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Aspidochirotida

Holothuroidea - Aspidochirotida

Taxonomy

Aspidochirotida was named by Brandt (1835). It is extant.

It was assigned to Aspidochirotacea by Pawson (1966), Frizzell and Exline (1966); and to Holothuroidea by Brandt (1835), Gilliland (1993), Boczarowski (2001), Kerr and Kim (2001), Sepkoski (2002).

Subtaxa

Bathysynactites, Collbatothuria, Holothuriidae, Holothuropsis, Ornaticannula, Parvispina, Stichopodidae, Synallactidae

Entered

by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by L. Villier on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1835	Aspidochirotida Brandt
1966	Aspidochirotida Frizzell and Exline p. U645
1966	Aspidochirotida Pawson p. U645
1993	Aspidochirotida Gilliland p. 136
2001	Aspidochirotida Boczarowski p. 151
2001	Aspidochirotida Kerr and Kim p. 78
2002	Aspidochirotida Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
—	Ambulacraria
phylum	Echinodermata

Rank	Name	Author
subphylum	Eleutherozoa
—	Echinozoa	()
class	Holothuroidea	()
order	Aspidochirotida
order	Aspidochirotida

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Or. Aspidochirotida Brandt 1835

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G. †Bathysynactites Cherbonnier 1976

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†Bathysynactites viai Cherbonnier 1976

G. †Collbatothuria Smith and Gallemi 1991

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†Collbatothuria danieli Smith and Gallemi 1991

Fm. Holothuriidae Ludwig 1894

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G. Holothuria Linnaeus 1767

Subg. †Holothuria (Acanthotrapeza) Rowe 1969