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Synallactidae

Holothuroidea - Aspidochirotida - Synallactidae

Taxonomy
Synallactidae was named by Ludwig (1894) [m. kosnik taxon no: 10552]. It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Kerr and Kim (2001).

It was assigned to Holothuroidea by Rowe and Gates (1995); and to Aspidochirotida by Frizzell and Exline (1966), Pawson (1966), Gilliland (1993), Boczarowski (2001), Kerr and Kim (2001) and Reich (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Synallactidae Ludwig
1966Synallactidae Frizzell and Exline p. U645
1966Synallactidae Pawson p. U645
1993Synallactidae Gilliland p. 136
1995Synallactidae Rowe and Gates p. 328
2001Synallactidae Boczarowski p. 151
2001Synallactidae Kerr and Kim p. 78
2010Synallactidae Reich

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classHolothuroidea()
orderAspidochirotida
familySynallactidae
familySynallactidae

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.

Fm. Synallactidae Ludwig 1894
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G. †Bracchiothuria Boczarowski 2001
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†Bracchiothuria ancora Boczarowski 2001
G. †Tribrachiodemas Reich 2010
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Diet 2: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-09-04 12:36:54
Modified: 2009-09-04 14:40:54
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Massin 1982, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Ashgill to the top of the Eifelian or 449.50000 to 387.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Sweden Tribrachiodemas ordovicicus (94803)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Poland (Kielecki) Bracchiothuria ancora (94468 94469)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Poland (Swietokrzyskie) Bracchiothuria ancora (94509)